Bright guy.
Perceptive, raised in the middle of the nations' political culture.
Read him.
Arf
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance -- that principle is contempt prior to investigation. -- Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
PS - Listening to Rush, reading Pournelle or citing DEBKAfiles is NOT investigation.