I've long felt that the best minds of the right had useful things to contribute to a national conversation - even if their overall habit of resistance to change proved wrongheaded, more often than right. (David Brin)

I've long felt that the best minds of the right had useful things to contribute to a national conversation - even if their overall habit of resistance to change proved wrongheaded, more often than right.

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