ESSAY: Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates' false choice on political persuasion
A path between a big tent at any cost and civic pessimism without any hope
In a time rife with political violence and visions of purging enemies, it’s worth celebrating the lost art of arguing with your friends. Lately the writers Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates have been practicing it. The vegetarian beef began after Klein wrote a column provocatively titled “Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way,” right after Ki…