22 Oct, 2022
“I’m afraid what Thanksgiving will be like, no matter how the election turns out,” a friend commented. She’s not wrong to be worried. Elections bring up all sorts of emotions and behaviors that create division. Understanding our “brains on elections” can help.
The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v Wade roused rage from both left and right.
The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v Wade roused rage from both left and right. One reaction has been common to both sides – more democracy-eroding cynicism about our government.
“Well, OK, let’s think about these words of Jill Stein for a moment, as the 2016 presidential race enters, oh...
“There was more than one loser in the big debate, but that’s no surprise. I hardly expected any issues of...
“The paradox of democracy is that it depends on the integrity of those who have the most to lose if...
“Automation isn’t coming. It’s here. At the airport, the public library, the grocery store, and dozens of other places, touch...
“”You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake,” said Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected...
“What would it take to cause Hillary Clinton to distance herself from the newly launched bombing campaign in Libya? Or...
“The forest sways in ripples of green. Wind sends the dappled sunlight sparkling through the branches. These are the things...
“Watching the electoral cycle this year is like watching an old movie from a warped film reel with the sound...
“At the present time, an increase in U.S. military spending seems as superfluous as a third leg. The United States,...
“When I want to believe that America is a democracy — indeed, to feel so deeply this is so that...
