“Grass-roots hatred is a much greater threat than it used to be”

There are some odd parallels between here in Northern Ireland where we have two parties who seem not to be able to agree the slightest matter of political substance, and the US Congress where nothing is agreed ever unless they cannot avoid it. The result in both places is, as they say in the jargon, somewhat sub-optimal. In his sign-off at the Atlantic Magazine Robert Wright shares some useful thoughts: [1] The world’s biggest single problem is the failure of …

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