E. J. Dionne's jihad against abstractions

Sometimes when I read something on the left, it almost seems intelligent.  Actually, that is a bit of a snarky opener. Let's just say that sometimes, when a lefty is talking, he almost seems reasonable.   OK, that's not too, too snarky.  Let's move on.

Dionne starts off by quoting Burke:

"I never govern myself, no rational man ever did govern himself, by abstractions and universals," Burke wrote. "

Ok.  Fair enough.  I wouldn't want this government to do that.  But it is just the start of this newly elected and sworn in government.  Let's not jump to conclusions about how they will govern, E.J.

And paradoxically, because Obama is a former professor himself, he may be especially well-suited to call the bluff of the new professoriate in Congress. He knows better than most the dangers posed by an excessive devotion to abstractions.

I think it is interesting to note that the one constituency that favors the Democrats is academia.  Getting lectures from them on that very subject is a bit galling.  Physician, cure thyself.