I grew up with the phrase "Believe the woman." It was almost a slogan. You didn't hear it much during the Clinton years. - Jay Nordlinger

Talk can be cheap, very cheap. It can also be costly. “Speak out!” we say. “Why are you afraid to speak out?” we say. In dictatorships, it can be very, very hard to speak out. Many people have been imprisoned or worse for talk. But even in democratic societies, talk can be hard. It can be hard not only in politics but also in high schools and families and churches and professional communities and other arenas. But even in democratic societies, talk can be hard. It can be hard not only in politics but also in high schools and families and churches and professional communities and other arenas.

But understand them, people say. And one does. But sometimes understanding is not comforting or flattering to the understood.

There's a point at which left and right join.