First, let me be clear, I'm not calling either Tom Toles, the Washington Post cartoonist, or Robert Wright totalitarians. I'm sure that if a conservative had suggested that the government find some way to jail someone for doing something that wasn't illegal, both would be horrified. I'm merely pointing out that this impulse to abuse power is deep within all of us.
This blog began as a description of our life in Al Ain, UAE (United Arab Emirates). Brn worked at the UAE University Libraries Deanship for three years and Bss homeschooled our four children, D, B, P, and O. After returning to the the USA for five years, we are living in Abu Dhabi now.
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The name Toles sounds likes an abbreviation of 'Totalitarian', and Wright suggests someone who thinks he's always right? Right-winger, perhaps?
Actually both Mr. Toles and Mr. Wright are both quite liberal (i.e. lefties, not right wing). I think that it might be fair to suggest that Mr. Wright seems to rarely exhibit doubts about the correctness of his opinions.
I don't think that either side of the political spectrum has a monopoly on this sort of thinking though.
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