Showing posts with label Partisanship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Partisanship. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The partisan mindset

Ross Douthat wrote this in an essay in yesterday's New York Times:

Is there anything good to be said about the partisan mindset? On an individual level, no. It corrupts the intellect and poisons the wells of human sympathy. Honor belongs to the people who resist partisanship’s pull, instead of rowing with it.

Amen