Why Agrarians?
[NRO Staff  03/07 11:32 AM]

Another e-mail:

This is a question for Caleb based on his 11:14 post-

Why specifically agrarians? The amount of change that happened with modernization is far more vast than just how we produce food, no? So couldn't you argue that the cornerstone of American life isn't the farmers, but the preachers and their place in society, which has also radically changed? Whatever his merits, and they are many, I think you'd agree that Rick Warren is no Jonathan Edwards; so why isn't the lack of an intellectually rigorous and influential Christian pastorate the key?

I think you're right on the agrarian thing, really; I just want to hear some more about why it specifically is the important part when compared to other aspects of the past we've lost. Is it just because it's possibly attainable? Or just because it's part of Rod's book and it's food week (in which case, you can ignore this)? Be interested to hear what you think.