Elizabeth Gaskell wrote a Christmas story in 1848 about rival political factions learning to get along. One can dream.
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An Xmas Story about Political Polarization
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Vote for the Best Lizard
Using lizards, Douglas Adams makes a memorable case for voting for the lesser to two evils.
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How Fantasy Keeps Us Human
Neil Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett are beloved fantasy writers because they stand up for our humanity in dehumanizing times.
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Marquez: How GOP Can Regain Its Soul
What has happened to the GOP is what happens to Col. Aureliano Buendia in “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Fortunately, Garcia Marquez assures us there is a way back.
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Murakami on Ideology’s Hollowness
Murakami’s diatribe against rigid ideologues in “Kafka on the Shore” applies only too well to figures on the American right.
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Putin as Murakami’s Boris the Manskinner
Murakami’s Boris the Manskinner has an unsettling resemblance to Vladimir Putin and wannabe authoritarian Donald Trump. Without strong beliefs, one cannot stand up to him.
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How Moliere Is Saving France
Moliere is helping French PM Macron steer a sane middle road between rightwing and leftwing purists.
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