Eric Zorn

“We comfort ourselves with the fiction that our side is driven by principle, and the other side by naked opportunism.”

“The promise of Chicago has always been its capacity for reinvention, its tough, unsentimental forward gaze.”

“The argument that the two parties are Tweedledum and Tweedledee is a pernicious myth.”

“Political civility isn't about being nice; it's about acknowledging the humanity and legitimacy of your opponents.”

“The death penalty is a relic of a more barbaric time, a stain on the conscience of a civilized society.”

“The most unsettling thing about the Internet is that it has given a megaphone to every crank, bigot and idiot.”

“A good column should feel like a conversation with a smart, argumentative friend.”

“Nostalgia is a powerful, deceptive filter through which we view the past.”

“In journalism, the first draft of history is often written in haste and with incomplete information.”

“Justice delayed is not always justice denied, but it's certainly justice diminished.”