Dionne justifies our existence
In today’s Washington Post, E.J. Dionne writes:
The genius of American conservatives over the past 30 years has been their understanding that the most effective way to change the country is to change the terms of our political debate. On issue after issue, they have done just that.
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If liberals can’t successfully challenge conservatives on first principles, they’ll never win the fights that matter.
Putting aside his ideological point, this is exactly why we exist. Because the truth is that our philosophical beliefs set the terms of public debate. When we don’t take them on explicitly, we avoid what’s really at stake in every big discussion.
Ok, enough evangelizing . . .
-Sam
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[...] linked to E.J. Dionne’s Washington Post piece which, as Sam writes, tends to “justify our existence.” I’d first like to thank Mr. Dionne for this [...]