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I don't doubt that liberals and conservatives still interact within the community; my point is that the interaction isn't occurring in the public sphere, where it is needed. Instead, both sides seem to be doing their utmost to shoehorn the motives of the other half of the population into a box. That is how it looks from outside the United States, at least. Not a regular reader of the NY Times so I couldn't give you an informed opinion about Friedman either way. I'm happy to accede to your perspective.