https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2013/02/20/silent-majorities-then-and-now/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-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:36:00 -0400<![CDATA[What makes Amity Shlaes’ writing so marvelous is that she’s obviously keeping track of how the contemporary reader will interpret the history of the 1920s and ‘30s through his 21st century mindset; so many of the anecdotes in both 2007’s The Forgotten Man and this month’s Coolidge are deliberately designed to rhyme with much more recent events. Such as this moment in Coolidge:]]>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:56:46 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2013/02/20/silent-majorities-then-and-now-n256626