A Politically-Polarized Sesquicentennial
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While we are indeed currently politically divided and somewhat polarized, this is actually our normal state as a nation -- and on the polarization scale, we're nowhere near the "most divided" we've ever been. Far from it.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011