They tell an interesting story.
It seems he has a sense of humor:
This is not encouraging:
He appears to be a big John Allison fan. I read Allison's book and am not such a big fan. See my review: A Dangerous New Book from the Head of the Cato Institute
Brat's Rand collection is not surprising given his fondness for the Allison book. Allson is a hard core warmongering Ayn Rand fan. SEE: Panic Inside Cato Over a Potential War Hawk Turn. But it doesn't appear that those Rand books have been cracked. Note also that in the pile to the right there is a Peter Schiff book and a Tom Dilorenzo book:
In this pile, we have more Ayn Rand books (He must be giving them away.)
For more on Brat, see In Profile the Economics Professor Who Defeated Eric Cantor
-RW
(ht Bob Roddis)
This is exactly why it is so difficult to get anyone of character and substance into the political sphere: the media anal exam. Anyone of true character and substance is going to have peccadillos, idiosyncrasies and maybe even some skeletons. One thing is for certain: a Thomas Jefferson or a George Washington would never be elected today. Heck: the Republican establishment would never even allow them to get on the ballot.
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