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By Brandon Gazdag We’ve all been taught that you shouldn’t talk about politics or religion when breaking bread with fellow human beings. It can lead...

CO Councilwoman’s Comment Shows America is Sick and It’s Not the Coronavirus

Caleb ShumateMarch 5, 2020March 5, 2020

by Caleb Shumate

“For the record, if I do get the coronavirus I’m attending every MAGA rally I can.”, reads a post retweeted by Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca (CO-D)...

Think the US is more polarized than ever? You don’t know history

Guest PostFebruary 16, 2020

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Union dead at Gettysburg, July 1863. National Archives, Timothy H. O’Sullivan photographer Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia It has become common to say that...

Founding Father Wokeness and Socialism for Republicans: The Constitutional Foundation of Every Election Our Union Has Left to Offer

Guest PostFebruary 6, 2020February 7, 2020

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By Bryan McCarthy & Jon Ungerland These are, as nearly everyone has said, “strange” (or “interesting” or “scary” or “tribal”) times. Far from the initial...

5 Psychological Forces That Turn People into Political Hacks

Guest PostJanuary 13, 2020

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There’s really no denying that we are in a time of deep political division. With everything from the impeachment proceedings to a contentious election cycle...

Why 1920s Americans Probably Wouldn’t Trade Places With Us

Guest PostNovember 3, 2019November 11, 2019

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The news smacks us upside the head day after day, and sometimes the barrage of headlines can overwhelm us. We ignore them at the peril...

The Inconvenient Truth is that “My Side” Has a Racism Problem

Gary DoanAugust 5, 2019

by Gary Doan

The gunman who killed twenty people in El Paso yesterday doesn’t deserve to have his name published. However, his ideas deserve to be loudly and...