On the virtues of pragmatism
4 min readMar 5, 2020
It was the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
Bernie Sanders had just finished his speech. A reporter asked a young lady what she thought.
The young lady complained that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was disrespectful to Sanders for “making him go last.”
The reporter gently informed her that traditionally, the last person to speak on a given night is…
