Thursday, February 9, 2012

Today the country is evenly divided between:

• Those who think abortion should be illegal and those who say it should be allowed, if not encouraged.

• Those who think illegal invasion should be put down by any means necessary and those who think it should be encouraged, to the extent national borders are retained at all.

“Although we are a nation of opposites, in the way which counts we are identical—our lassitude.”

• Those who think the Constitution means what it says and those who think it means what they think it should mean whenever they think it should.

• Those who think workers are entitled to the fruits of their labor and those who think all of it—including their salaries, homes, and educational opportunities—belongs to minorities of every race, economy, and persuasion.

• Those who think the United States should mind no one’s business but its own and those who think everybody’s business is ours.

A friend of mine serving in government has often said things to the effect of, “It is approaching 1860. All the compromises have been made. All the concessions have been given. We are fundamentally and philosophically two peoples, and we have bridged as many gaps as possible between ourselves.”

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