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Truth and reconciliation is painful. But to those who reject the idea of engaging across differences, I earnestly ask, what’s your endgame?

View Comments Abraham Lincoln, quoting Jesus, said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” They weren’t playing. More than half of us (54%) now say our fellow Americans pose the biggest threat to the country. Described as a “singularly virulent and dangerous phenomenon” and “our greatest national security vulnerability,” toxic polarization – the way we demonize one another across differences – is a grave threat to all Americans, our families, our communities and our country.  Sadly, today “they” are our “enemies,” a “serious threat” and “downright evi...

The Green Bubble February 13, 2021, 8:24 AM·36 min read Yes, I am going to talk about bubbles again, but once again about one specific bubble: the bubble in anything (supposedly) green, particularly if it can be tied to the war against climate change. Like many of the asset-price bubbles of our current moment, this one is not entirely irrational. Not only are green assets being “revalued” (to use a term that implies rather more calculation than is really the case) in the light of the general mispricing of risk that is the product of today’s artificially low interest rates, but, as I ha...

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POLITICO Sign up for POLITICO Playbook today. Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Facebook The first Covid-19 vaccine shipments in the U.S. were set to leave a manufacturing plant in Michigan on Sunday for delivery on Monday. | Morry Gash/AP Photo via pool DRIVING THE DAY SIREN … IT’S HAPPENING! -- “Tr...