@JamesFallows @NormOrnstein The upside of Neutral/Centrism is it mandates that you not believe in anything in except Neutral/Centrism: that the only honorable position is the midpoint between two other groups who *do* have beliefs.

1/ @JamesFallows @NormOrnstein Doesn't matter how openly fascist the Right becomes, since mathematically there will *always* a midpoint between them and anti-fascists. All the Times has to do is A) never stop hanging onto the moving midpoint while B) continuously carping about The Extremes on Both Sides.

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I remember the year a now-defunct insurance company I worked for in Evanston let it be known that there were 'significant' layoffs coming.

1/ Weeks of turmoil, tension and paranoia followed.

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Tired of listening to an endless parade of interchangeable pundits tell you the same midterm bedtime story: "Dems might win, but maybe not, or maybe they'll win some, but maybe enough for the Senate, but not the House, or maybe not, but no one really knows."?

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