Quotes of the Day

“Being an independent means that we can argue issues in good faith instead of vilifying opponents as agents of evil. It means scoring poorly on rating scales of ideological purity. It means accepting as axiomatic the idea that no political party or ideology has a monopoly on truth or an immunity to hogwash.”—Steven Tiger, posting in response to Stanley Fish’s “Against Independent Voters,” reprinted in The New York Times, January 27, 2008

“A plague o’ both your houses!”—A dying Mercutio, to the feuding Montagues and Capulets, in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

(Amen to Mr. Tiger and Mr. Bill)