Jonah Goldberg: In American politics today, the center is a lonely place to be
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Sep 08, 2020
3 minutes
Who is a moderate now? Who’s a centrist?
Until recently, the answer to such questions was primarily ideological. Centrists were middle-of-the-roaders who rejected the purity of the ideological left and right. I will confess: I used to have considerable scorn for such people. They often acted as if being in the middle was a sign of intellectual superiority.
After all, on some issues the pure ideological position is often smarter than the split-the-difference compromise. If one side wants
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