The MacArthur Idiot Grant
A Pox on the MacArthur Genius Fellowship
Genius Grants are for Morons
I’ve spent the last month or so on a book tour, where I am often asked about how to win the culture war we find ourselves in. But winning the culture war waged against biological men and women and their children is just one of our great projects.
The other, of course, involves culture of a different kind: the arts and letters. Here, the battle is not yet joined. Instead, the right has surrendered and kept on surrendering.
Small rebellions have started to break out, of course. Not every movie is filled with men dressed like women. Not every painting is commissioned by a Podesta for their BDSM dungeons. Here and there, the spirit of beauty and truth still burns. Acorns for rhe culture war lie fallow, just waiting to be watered.
So how did the Left come to dominate the arts, and how can we compete?
Answer: Find a rich dead billionaire, seduce his widow, and plunder his fortune.
This is what happened to the storied MacArthur family’s foundation. It is worth $7.6 bi…
