Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

The threat to America s international standing is real but, blinded by it, Americans believe that they are still in a position to condescend to China as they would to an inferior power.

And we allowed users, readers, two places where they could contribute to the paper the letters page, where they could write a letter in, and we would condescend to them, cut it in half, and print it three days later.