Thanks for posting, bfl.
Claremonts’ publications are in my experience quite scholarly, well thought out and well written. Kind of like Imprimis from Hillsdale. ‘Cept this last issue of Imprimis had Phil Gramm on the cover with the featured article. I wrote them quite the incredulous letter that they would put Gramm, one the single most culpable legislators when it comes to the ongoing destruction of our financial system. (eg; Gramm-Leach-Bliley)
Post hoc ergo propter hoc?
Actually, I think the true cause of most of what the author bemoans of our fate is the election of 2008.