Commentary
The news that Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, known the world over as “Joe the Plumber,” had died at age 49 brought me back to the bad old days of 2008.
Samuel Joseph "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher addresses a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the gymnasium at Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio, on Oct. 30, 2008. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Roger Kimball
Author
Roger Kimball is the editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. His most recent book is “Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads.”
