November 9, 2007

The View From Cleveland

At one point in this conversation Betsy Sullivan, editorial board member and columnist at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, says she may be naïve but that she believes in absolute truth in politics. Amen. We should all be so naïve. People on the coasts often make fun of the mid-west's lack of sophistication but surprisingly often it demonstrates more highly developed sensibilities. To my mind, believing in truth in politics is a quintessential mid-western idea. The sort of stuff, indeed, that I was raised on. This conversation wanders around a little — but since Betsy's bailiwick is so extensive I guess that's appropriate. Hopefully, she's a fairly representative sample of mid-western elite thinking. Total runtime an hour and eight minutes. Enjoy!