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There are many historical factors at play in our current divisive political moment. A political class that has allowed itself to become dis...

There is a particular kind of weirdness that is common on social media these days.  A post goes something like this: "I don't unde...

The modern attitude toward peaceful protest is weird and contradictory. Most of us look back on historical protests with affection and adm...

There is an old axiom amongst journalists:  "Follow the money."  There is another old saying from Upton Sinclair : "It is dif...

I have bad news for you.   You're a hypocrite.  Yes, the epithet Jesus consistently applied to his enemies  also applies to you.  Think...

A recent study confirmed what I have been observing over the last dozen years or so.  In the USA, politics is no longer a battle of ideas bu...