`Goodness and Intelligence'

Elberry today posts a fine tribute to his countryman, Theodore Dalrymple, aka Anthony Daniels, including a video interview with the Good Doctor. Elberry calls him “one of my favourite living authors,” a judgment with which I happily concur. Here’s Elberry:

“He doesn’t look like i’d imagined at all. i like the bubbly enthusiasm and slight volatility of manner, which don’t come across in his generally grave, forceful prose. i had a joyful month reading his considerable corpus of on-line essays here and here and here and here. Significantly, his prose reveals goodness and intelligence, where, alas, most left-wing writers just come across as hateful, dishonest, self-righteous, hysterical, and very much the kind of people who would have gladly joined the NKVD, to purge the State of questionable elements, i.e. anyone who disagrees with them.”