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If We Can Agree on One Thing: We’re Tired

Photo by Jodi Barnes Shaming and blaming are draining. They only gain us wider divides. Pretend we could put politics aside. (I know, just stay with me here.) Is it possible that Americans agree on anything? I think so. Even in a country that agrees we are living in an era of extreme political polarization, so extreme […]

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The Blur Between Being Friendly and Being a Friend

Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash Ellen’s coming out about George started something worth wrestling with The word friend has become really fuzzy. Way before Ellen’s video about being friends with George W. Bush. Yet, strangely, all the social media backlash has brought two questions into focus: What is a friend versus being friendly? Must we […]