[backhoe]

...In other words, it was not really about which policy would produce what results. It was about personal identification with lofty goals and kindred souls.

Dr. Sowell cuts to the quick with very few words.

[decimon]

And with piercing insight.

[GOPPachyderm]

"...In other words, it was not really about which policy would produce what results. It was about personal identification with lofty goals and kindred souls.""

This sentence really resonated with me too - I'm tired of those 60's radicals who think they did something significant in protesting the VietNam war.