We have some summer reading for you. Itâs not exactly light beach reading, unfortunately, but maybe it ought to be required reading for anyone interested in the future of American democracy.
We came perilously close on Jan. 6 to having a bunch of politicians â including potentially the vice president â murdered because of an election dispute that was really only a dispute because the loser fed his supporters lies. This is something that has never happened in the whole history of America.
Two recent articles weâve read put that in context â context that those across the political spectrum ought to read to better understand the other side and, perhaps, themselves.
Accelerating the Great Commission: Do We Need More Research?
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Culture wars abound Mutual respect may be the way to end them
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At Politico, Zack Stanton interviews sociologist James Davison Hunter. Thirty years ago, Hunter popularized, although he did not coin, the phrase culture wars in the hope that by calling attention to the phenomenon, which so obviously threatens the fabric of our democracy, we might all take steps to overcome it. Instead, he argues, it has only gotten worse and it is difficult to gainsay him. This interview is bracing.
In the face of ideological leveling, I like to say complications will save the world. Sometimes, complications also break your heart. In The Washington Post, Scott Wilson takes a deep dive into the law enforcement situation in Portland, Oregon, one year after the first protests for racial justice. The mixed results of various reform efforts, the rise in serious crime rates, and a host of other factors that could tempt one to despair.