For those who don't know Chesterton: He is one of the most insightful, most entertaining writers you will ever read.
Disagree. He was a smug, utterly conservative Catholic who wallowed in his biases, an authoritarian and an anti-semite.
Can you provide references for these claims?
He could be all of those things and still be an entertaining writer. They aren't exclusive.
Martin Gardner wrote introductions for editions of several of Chesterton’s books, which is a nice bonus if you’re the kind of dork who likes a good introduction (guilty). They’re on some of the Dover thrift editions, I think, and probably some others.
A lot of my friends have said so, and to be fair I haven't read more than a few paragraphs that they quoted or linked me to, but honestly, he's just... not for me I guess.
I was literally scrolling down this sub-thread thinking of posting "Chesterton of fence fame". The hive mind..
Yeah, of “I want to be conservative on this point, here’s a one-liner I can use” fame^W utility.