https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2011/12/19/you-are-a-pyromaniac-in-a-field-of-strawmen/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 11:51:59 -0400<![CDATA[Former Obama booster Robert Reich, later yet another self-identified rube, has always had a way with words, as Jonathan Rauch spotted in a 1997 Slate article when he compared what Reich wrote in Locked In the Cabinet, Reich’s memoirs of his days as Bill Clinton’s labor secretary, with videotapes and transcripts of the actual events. Reich describes himself, as Jonah Goldberg wrote in Liberal Fascism (where I first discovered Rauch’s Slate article), as trapped in a Thomas Nast cartoon, “in constant battle with greedy fat cats, Social Darwinists, and Mr. Monopoly.” The actual transcripts and tapes describe a reality that’s far more pedestrian.]]>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:23:24 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2011/12/19/you-are-a-pyromaniac-in-a-field-of-strawmen-n254992