Quote of the Day (P.J. O’Rourke, on Libertarians)

“There’s a nutty side to libertarians, starting with the Big Girl, Ayn Rand, and going straight through Alan Greenspan. When I go to Cato Institute functions, there’s always a group of guys who look like they cut their own hair and get their mothers to dress them, with lots of buttons about legalizing heroin and demanding a return to the gold standard. The institute has tried to weed them out over the years, but they still turn up at the bigger events. As soon as I see them coming toward me, my heart sinks.”—Humorist P.J. O’Rourke quoted by Joe Queenan, “Enough With the Sweet Talk,” The New York Times Book Review, Nov. 16, 2008