Voting Isn’t A Window Into the Soul

Then there’s the endorsement. I don’t really do endorsements, for several reasons. First, because all the fallacies people ascribe to voting are applied even more intensely to endorsements. If Harris issues some heinous executive order, you can be sure David’s inbox will overflow with “this is what you wanted!” nonsense. Second, and more importantly, endorsements trigger an instinctual desire to defend them after the fact. I do not think for a moment that David will feel compelled to defend every bad decision a President Harris would make. But at some...