When it
comes to cutting through the mind-numbing noise, the daily drip-drip-drip of
bluster and bombast that accounts for commentary about public and civic events in America today,
essayist Andrew Sullivan is a breath of fresh air.
And so
it is this month, with his deft observations and reasoned arguments surrounding
the question of just how tribal we can be.
My
contribution? Given that not one but three of my long-ago mailed first class
letters have gone missing, a pal wrote to say I should consider Going Postal
over the US Post Office.
To
which, I replied: Wanna find something Dems, GOP, alt-right, alt-left, Black
Lives Matter-ers can get behind? Going Postal on the US Post Office.
My
friend responds, “Our country, united at last!”
Levity
aside, this is serious stuff that Andrew Sullivan is writing.
To reduce myself to the simplicity of what the kids say … Read. This. Now. http://nym.ag/2jJPMXU
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