Politics

This *Is* Normal. American Politics Have Always Been Terrible.

Puzzlewits and Fatheads

The more civil norms America that experienced in the latter half of the 20th century and in the beginning of the 21st were what was abnormal.

Matt Lewis
Matt Lewis 

Senior Columnist

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