I've been feeling the need to say some words of appreciation about James Q. Wilson, ever since I heard that he had passed away. Fortunately for me--and you, dear reader--Thomas Sowell says it better than I could. Click here:
Thomas Sowell: James Q. Wilson (1931-2012)
I was too young for the 60s, but old enough to grow up in the hangover decades, and old enough to run into plenty of leftover proggs who still felt that "the criminal is the real victim". So it's great to have Wilson's beneficial and corrective influence widely acknowledged.
Ask your favorite progg this, the next time he or she starts blithering about "root causes" of crime: Which causes are rooted in good vs. evil?
