Finding Meaning in Madness

16al_header_smThere is so much being written about the election worth reading. Here’s a provocative and thoughtful essay by my friend T.R. Ahlstrom. It’s not appeared elsewhere, so I’m posting it here. You’re welcome!


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Finding Meaning in Madness


American elections serve two critical functions. Like a Honeywell thermostat, they enable us to reset the nation’s temperature—and to accurately record it. The significance of the most recent election is not what it changed, but what it chronicled; not what it pr...

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Published on November 13, 2012 06:19
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