Michael Morris

And the kinds of programs that the research suggests are more effective, they're named things like Coffee Party USA, Make America Dinner Again, open lands discussions. And the logic here is you bring together

you deliberately bring together people that you know are registered Republicans and Democrats, but not to talk about divisive political issues, you know, to talk about things, passions they have in common, like they all like coffee, or they're all foodies, or they're all Christian believers, or they're all people who, you know, are outdoors people.

you deliberately bring together people that you know are registered Republicans and Democrats, but not to talk about divisive political issues, you know, to talk about things, passions they have in common, like they all like coffee, or they're all foodies, or they're all Christian believers, or they're all people who, you know, are outdoors people.

you deliberately bring together people that you know are registered Republicans and Democrats, but not to talk about divisive political issues, you know, to talk about things, passions they have in common, like they all like coffee, or they're all foodies, or they're all Christian believers, or they're all people who, you know, are outdoors people.

And the idea is you start talking, and then you move from this conversation to that conversation. And You maybe eventually get to politics, but the conversation is one that is bonding and one that is more likely to last than if you ask people to discuss global warming or if you ask people to discuss abortion or something like that. It doesn't lead to usually a conversation that lasts very long.

And the idea is you start talking, and then you move from this conversation to that conversation. And You maybe eventually get to politics, but the conversation is one that is bonding and one that is more likely to last than if you ask people to discuss global warming or if you ask people to discuss abortion or something like that. It doesn't lead to usually a conversation that lasts very long.

And the idea is you start talking, and then you move from this conversation to that conversation. And You maybe eventually get to politics, but the conversation is one that is bonding and one that is more likely to last than if you ask people to discuss global warming or if you ask people to discuss abortion or something like that. It doesn't lead to usually a conversation that lasts very long.

So I think the diagnosis does matter when it comes to trying to think about what can we do to get ourselves out of this bind that we're in. It's not like we've always been in this bind. It's something that happened in the last couple of generations for particular reasons that involve the interaction of some of our tribal psychology with some technological changes and things.

So I think the diagnosis does matter when it comes to trying to think about what can we do to get ourselves out of this bind that we're in. It's not like we've always been in this bind. It's something that happened in the last couple of generations for particular reasons that involve the interaction of some of our tribal psychology with some technological changes and things.

So I think the diagnosis does matter when it comes to trying to think about what can we do to get ourselves out of this bind that we're in. It's not like we've always been in this bind. It's something that happened in the last couple of generations for particular reasons that involve the interaction of some of our tribal psychology with some technological changes and things.

demographic changes, and we can find our way out of it. The doomsayers often will say things like, America has never been more divided politically. That is absolute nonsense if you know your history. Abraham Lincoln took over with less than 40% of the popular vote. Seven states seceded before his inauguration. The Civil War started a few weeks afterwards.

demographic changes, and we can find our way out of it. The doomsayers often will say things like, America has never been more divided politically. That is absolute nonsense if you know your history. Abraham Lincoln took over with less than 40% of the popular vote. Seven states seceded before his inauguration. The Civil War started a few weeks afterwards.

demographic changes, and we can find our way out of it. The doomsayers often will say things like, America has never been more divided politically. That is absolute nonsense if you know your history. Abraham Lincoln took over with less than 40% of the popular vote. Seven states seceded before his inauguration. The Civil War started a few weeks afterwards.

And that's what we call a political rift, where your country is in a civil war. You are not considered to be a legitimate president by a lot of people. And that's a real struggle. But it's really interesting to me what he thought was the answer to that. In his first inauguration, he talked about the daunting prospect of what the country faced. And then he said...

And that's what we call a political rift, where your country is in a civil war. You are not considered to be a legitimate president by a lot of people. And that's a real struggle. But it's really interesting to me what he thought was the answer to that. In his first inauguration, he talked about the daunting prospect of what the country faced. And then he said...

And that's what we call a political rift, where your country is in a civil war. You are not considered to be a legitimate president by a lot of people. And that's a real struggle. But it's really interesting to me what he thought was the answer to that. In his first inauguration, he talked about the daunting prospect of what the country faced. And then he said...

I'm not going to get this perfect, but something like, the mystic chords of memory will yet swell the chorus of the union. And what he meant by that is that the best resource we have for healing the rift is our common heritage, our common history, our common ancestors. And if we think about them, we will feel like our current divide is not such a big deal.

I'm not going to get this perfect, but something like, the mystic chords of memory will yet swell the chorus of the union. And what he meant by that is that the best resource we have for healing the rift is our common heritage, our common history, our common ancestors. And if we think about them, we will feel like our current divide is not such a big deal.

I'm not going to get this perfect, but something like, the mystic chords of memory will yet swell the chorus of the union. And what he meant by that is that the best resource we have for healing the rift is our common heritage, our common history, our common ancestors. And if we think about them, we will feel like our current divide is not such a big deal.

And the other thing that Abraham Lincoln did, which is kind of a seasonally topical thing, point, is that he is the one who instituted the holiday of Thanksgiving. Most Americans have the notion that Thanksgiving has been practiced ever since the pilgrims landed on these shores.