THE WAY OUT

The partisan divide in the United States has widened to a chasm. Legislators vote along party lines and rarely cross the aisle. Poli tical polarization is personal, too?and it is making us miserable. Surveys show that Americans have become more fearful and hateful of supporters of the opposing political party and imagine that they hold much more extreme views than they actually do. We have cord oned ourselves off: we prefer to date and marry those with similar opinions and are less willing to spend time with people on the ot her side....[Read more]