Christmas Is Coming

...and somebody needs to buy this man a dictionary. Or, the Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

"Too much pragmatism will keep the country stuck where it is now -- prone to precipitous military adventures, diddling with the health insurance industry, upholding homilies about personal responsibility in a labor market where work doesn't pay and individual financial risk worsens."

Does the author know what "pragmatism" is? Which part of the paragraph pertains to pragmatism? Hello? He's describing the BUSH administration's legacy as though a Democrat would continue on the same path--and it's a legacy, by the way, of IDEOLOGY trumping common sense, or what we all call "pragmatism." So, is this guy confused?

He also thinks "market solutions" are pragmatic fixes. So, "the market" and "pragmatism" are equivalent? Somebody get William James on the Ouija board!