Communication and Change
Thought you might like a peek at how the founder of Trump University raises money for his campaign. I somehow ended up on one of his lists. Text version: Friend, You were selected as 1 of the 100 Patriots in the entire Nation who President … [Continue reading] about Here’s How the Founder of Trump University Raises Money for His Campaign
The crisis Trump has led us into is driven most visibly by racism, but there’s more to it than that. It’s a crisis of two competing visions of America: whether it is a civic nation or an ethnic nation. Furthermore, it’s about what kind of reality … [Continue reading] about The Deeper Roots of Our Crisis: Ethnic Nationalism & the Counter-Enlightenment
One of the reasons we're so divided is that we never agreed what kind of nation we should be: civic or ethnic. The Founders believed they were creating a civic nation: one based on reason and a social contract, by which free people chose to associate … [Continue reading] about Here’s Why Arguing With Trump Supporters Doesn’t Work—and Here’s What Will.
I have a new book! After thinking hard about Trump and the state of our democracy for the past 4 years, I think I understand what happened: this has been coming since the founding. America is two nations, occupying the same land but seeing everything … [Continue reading] about Patriots of Two Nations: Why Trump Was Inevitable & What Happens Next
What passes for “traditional values” among the Baby Boom generation and its descendants is often, in reality, a sad echo or even a parody of those values. Think about the difference between a leader in World War II and what passes for a leader … [Continue reading] about The Failure Letter