One of the issues I address in my book Perspective and Guidance for a Time of Deep Discord is how social and political discourse today so often gets described in the language of “identity politics.” It is important to recognize … Read More
This is the first in a series of articles that draw on particular issues I address in my most recent book Perspective and Guidance for a Time of Deep Discord: Why We See Such Extreme Social and Political Polarization and … Read More
What do we in the U.S. learn from the last four years as we look to the future? One of the most important lessons concerns the mythologizing of leadership—the importance of getting beyond politics as idolatry. The task of moving … Read More
In a previous article I wrote about how the ultimately all-too-similar populist beliefs of the Right and the Left today put us at real risk. (See A Very Disturbing, and Dangerous, Situation—Political Polarization and Populism Run Amok.) A red flag … Read More
In these times of extreme social/political polarization it can be unsettling—indeed frightening—just how differently people with conflicting views can see things. We can legitimately wonder if the discord we encounter today will in time put the whole democratic experiment in … Read More
Adapted from Cultural Maturity—A Guidebook for the Future The goal of getting beyond partisan pettiness in the political arena would strike many people as impossible to achieve. Most people would find even more surprising the fact that the relationship between … Read More
From Cultural Maturity—A Guidebook for the Future Before Ray Suarez moved to television’s “The News Hour,” he did a noontime interview/current issues show on National Public Radio. I enjoyed it immensely and tried not to miss it. Ray would choose … Read More