Principles and Heresies

McCarthy’s Unforfeited Word

The peculiar horror of this Presi-dentiad of Eisenhower, this Era of Moderation, is that beliefs, principles, ideas, losing their sharpness of definition, are eaten away from the edges until they lose their very identity. Everything merges into one dull blur. One idea is as good as another; anything can be compromised; all that really matters is keeping prosperity booming and making sure you don’t get killed.