The editorial cartoon by artist Gary Varvel features what appears to be a bi-racial couple at the maître d’ podium at an upscale restaurant. The caption, quoting the pompous looking greeter, has stuck in my mind ever since I saw the cartoon in my local newspaper. “Dinner for two…Liberal or Conservative Section?” Yes. This is what we’ve come to, I suppose. So many of us purposely isolate ourselves into groups who think like we think. … [Read more...]