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How Would Babbitt Have Voted?

How Would Babbitt Have Voted?

Do George F. Babbitts walk among us today? Almost certainly. Do they remain conformists? Sure. Are they disproportionally drawn to careers in sales? Probably. Do they vote? And, if so, for whom? I have a guess. In any case, Babbitt is on my mind thanks to J. Frank Dobie, who once observed: To an extent, any writer […]