Tim Carney on Ralph Nader Going Around the Bend

Ralph Nader, the legendary anti-corporate
crusader, is the father of many regulations and even more nonprofit
advocacy groups. How odd that this liberal hero has authored a book
that lavishes praise on right-wing stalwart Pat Buchanan and
approvingly cites Grover Norquist, George F. Will, and the Cato
Institute. In Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to
Dismantle the Corporate State, Nader lays out an agenda to bring
together conservatives, libertarians, and liberals in the battle
against corporate welfare, rampant surveillance, and the
military-industrial complex. At its best, writes Tim Carney,
Unstoppable is a wonkish rallying cry for a much needed
left-right convergence against the corrupt corporatist center. At
its worst, the book is an object lesson in the deep-seated
impediments to any such coalition.

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