Quote of The Day

If, like me, you ever wonder why smart conservatives don't distance themselves from window-lickers like Beck and Palin, Conor Friedersdorf at The Daily Beast has a succinct reminder:

It’s verboten to criticize anyone on “your own side” in an ideological conflict many see as binary.

American conservatives really would be much more comfortable living in North Korea where rigid adherence to ideological orthodoxy and outdated notions of "binary" conflict - good v. bad, us v. them - are still in vogue.