Matthews asked Capus, “Is Ishmael referring to Moby Dick character?” Capus said he had no idea.
Hi, and this is my first posting—on the day of the Supreme Court victory no less!! First of all, I thank the webmaster and all of the FreeRepublic bloggers for their work and insight.
Ishmael. Don’t know if anyone has mentioned this, but Ishmael could be a reference to Daniel Quinn’s book of the same name. A strange volume (narrated by a talking gorilla no less) containing Quinn’s theory of the start of modern civilization, actually a long essay of dissatisfaction with society as it exists today.