An Observation

I've noticed the oddest phenomenon lately. If I give an article to my self-described liberal friends, they read it regardless of its viewpoint and then make informed criticism. If I give an article to my self-described conservative friends, they read the first paragraph and then say either, "This is right on the mark—I love it" (if they agree with it), or, "I'm not reading garbage like this" (if they don't). But in neither case do they ever seem to actually read the whole thing.

I think that tells you everything you need to know about what's wrong with our democracy.