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Can we save this marriage?


Our political system often reminds me of a marriage. The Republicans and Democrats are married. They are in it together and an effective marriage depends on compromise and collaboration because two people will never want exactly the same thing. Every four years there’s a big fight and the winner gets to set the priorities of … Continue reading

American Democracy at a crossroads


I recently read an article about the state of journalism after this election cycle which managed, though somewhat unintentionally, to capture so much of what has gone wrong in American politics over the last several decades leading up to this particularly horrible season. He did so without recapping all the steps that we took on … Continue reading

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