E.J. Dionne Jr.: Don’t let politics dumb you down

E.J. Dionne Jr.: Don’t let politics dumb you down

By E.J. Dionne Jr. / The Washington Post

In the era of President Trump, politics is reduced to a fatuous, debilitating spectacle. We screech, we weep, we laugh bitterly. We don’t seem to think much.

Yet there is an underground. I speak not of some political resistance movement but of quiet, intellectually serious debates taking place around the country that relate neither to Trump nor to our political parties. Although you can take a side in these discussions if you wish, their virtue is that they encourage us all toward nuanced views and genuine dialogue.To make the case that we have […]

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