Why Conservatives Are Always Wrong

Jefferson Smith has posted a wonderful piece entitled "Why Conservatives Are Always Wrong" that should be required reading at least once a week for every human being on earth. Please read the whole thing and pass it on to everybody you can think of.

Suppose you had a friend you had known for many years, one who was very opinionated, who always seemed absolutely certain about everything, and yet who was always turning out to be wrong. He got you to buy stock in Enron and swore it would just keep on rising. He bet on the Yankees to sweep the Red Sox in ’04. He said mobile phones were just a fad . . .

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