Thursday, November 15, 2007

Andrew's "Honesty"

In the course of upbraiding Norman Podhoretz, Andrew Sullivan congratulates himself on his integrity:

But at least I concede an error when I make one, however innocently.

Oh, right.

Not this one.

Or this one.

Or this one.

Or this one.

In fact, I'd suggest that no major blogger has a more persistently casual attitude to factual accuracy than Andrew - and few are more grimly resistant to acknowledging mistakes when caught. Yet I don't think he is insincere in his self-praise. It's just one more proof that there really are no limits to the human capacity for self-delusion.

11/15 07:44 AM