Saturday, November 04, 2006

Democracy and honesty

A good essay by Michael Kinsley in the NYT Books in Review:

The biggest flaw in our democracy is, as I say, the enormous tolerance for intellectual dishonesty.

Not sure if it's the biggest, but it's a flaw amply demonstrated by the Kerry silliness, the Foley and Haggard scandals, and so many other recent news items...

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