Great minds of Western Civ

The DTH had this money quote from the fellow who heads up the group that invited Tom Tancredo to speak on campus and is welcoming Virgil Goode this evening.

Matheson said his political mindset is also influenced by his choice to be a Latin major. He said Latin is important because it has been the most extensively used language throughout Western civilization’s history. For example, Shakespeare and Galileo both wrote in Latin.

Yep, Old Bill did some scribbling in Latin, it just didn’t have the legs of the stuff he wrote in English.
Dude says he’s a Buchanonite. Yeesh.