Labels based on group ties prompt irrational judgments.
Jim Wooten is editor of The Atlanta Journal's editorial page. In the second-floor training room of the Dunwoody Kroger, two dozen highly opinionated members of the store's consumer advisory council talk about the price of Italian prune plums. Maybe, the store manager responds. A day later, the vice president of the United States is on the phone. It's on Vice President Dick Cheney's mind on Thursday.