Rational discourse? What rational discourse? I don't need no stinkin' rational discourse.
[From article]
“Too often … we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought,” President Kennedy famously asserted before Yale’s class of 1962.
Denouncing political debates that “bear little or no relation to the actual problems the United States faces,” Kennedy urged policymakers to Think Again before engaging in “false dialogues” that “distract our attention and divide our efforts.”
He believed “the very future of freedom depends upon the sensible and clearheaded management of the domestic affairs of the United States” and a “vigorous economy” — quaint concerns 52 years hence.
Because today’s political discourse is so dishonest and domestic affairs so muddled, we’re living in an era of manufactured social strife.
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Think Again — Kennedy was right. We need more leaders mindful of the national interest who are willing to “separate false problems from real ones.”
http://www.aspentimes.com/opinion/12227747-113/law-border-contraception-court
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