A Dialogue

I really enjoyed this dialog between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ross Douthat over at the Atlantic .... mostly concerning institutions, tradition, and family structure. Ta-Nehisi comes from a family of 7 kids by 4 dads - and they range from Pixar programmers, civil engineers, law students, and Atlantic bloggers. Ross, on the otherhand is (in my view) the future of the GOP ... a future David Brooks ... and while understanding where Ta-Nehisi's values come from, has a different take on those themes. It's worth checking out.