Division Bells: Ignoring The Bait & Rejecting Friendly Fire

Not a day goes by that I don’t see someone on the internet calling out someone else as a fraud, a grifter, a turncoat…pick your pejorative. I’ve been guilty of this. Maybe you have too, because it’s so easy and so insipidly self-righteous. Partly this division is due to tribalism: the enemy

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Uncomfortable Questions for Candidates on the 4th of July

Here they come, pulling around the block in parade floats, flanked in front and behind by enthusiastic supporters handing out fliers and candy. They’re the 2024 candidates for whatever office — Legislature, Congress, Sheriff, Governor, President. They might work the sidewalk, shaking hands, hoping to gain that human connection that will win

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