Boiler Bay wave hammering our common ground….
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An Essay by Wallace Kaufman –
From politicians, the media, and from many friends across the political spectrum I have heard the question, “How is it even possible to find common ground?” The question is rhetorical, asked by people who no longer believe Americans have common ground. We do.
History is clear that we have been more divided. No presidential campaign was more bitter than John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson after Jefferson, as Adams’ vice president, may have committed treason by conspiring to destroy Adams’ efforts for a peace treaty with France. Both campaigns hired vicious journalists to sling fake news at each other.