In my new book, one of the seven detailed proposals for fixing polarization is called “National Plebiscites.” Congress would mandate bi-monthly, national events, each focused on one public affairs issue…

I was interviewed on Zachary Elwood’s podcast about my new book, Moderates of the World, Unite: Reworking the Political Media Complex.

This post is a diatribe against the dominance of culture war in public discourse, facilitated by literary intellectualism. The occasion is a recent essay in the conservative Chronicles Magazine by its editor, Paul Gottfried, entitled “Why Wokeism is not Marxist” …