Category: political division

Political Passions Threaten a New ‘Bleeding Kansas’

Commentary The attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a warning that our national politics are careening out of control. After pro-abortion activists posted Kavanaugh’s home address on the internet as an intimidation tactic, a California man—let’s not name him—flew to Washington D.C. with well-laid plans to allegedly kill the justice as a…


Study Finds Unvaccinated Unwelcome Among Vaccinated Friends

You’ve been through the worst of the pandemic together, but things just aren’t the same anymore. Can you still be friends? According to a survey by public relations/marketing agency OnePoll, the answer is often no when it comes to friends who refuse to get the COVID-19 shot. The survey of 1,000 Americans, conducted on Sept….


Truth About Bridging the Great Divide in California Politics | James Lacy

Fires, crime, homelessness, drought, COVID-19, the recall election, housing, education, jobs, energy—the list of California’s problems goes on and on. And California appears to have a lot of political division also. My guest is Jim Lacy, author of the best-seller “Taxifornia” and LA radio talk show host, who says recent polls show voters may not…


Ancient and Lonely Urban Monuments Evoke Today’s Political Division

Commentary PITTSBURGH—The 2.8-mile-long East Street Valley neighborhood, which once flourished here, sure died hard. Drive, walk, or cycle past the remnants of it today, and traces of what used to be are everywhere along the hollow of the rolling Allegheny Mountain neighborhoods that lead out of the city proper from the banks of the Allegheny…