In case you haven’t noticed, the toxin of partisan politics … has suddenly been pumped, undiluted, into the national vein.

            Cable news, much of it political and almost all of that partisan; talk radio, some of it virulent; the graceless decline of network news … unashamed in its ideological partiality; and major metropolitan newspapers, too many of which have given up … objectivity … to become obvious and open house organs for political parties – these were the forces that pushed the plunger on the syringe.

            … So we choose up sides, pin on labels – conservative or liberal, Democrat or Republican – and become emotionally invested in the only thing that is important: winning.

            And of course the contest, as always, is all or nothing, a tug-of-war to see if we can rip the nation down the middle.

– Steve Martini, “Shadow of Power,” p. 244 –

 

  
 

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To instill a desire among people to be fully and accurately informed about the policy issues that affect their lives,

to provide the tools with which this can be done,

to identify and counteract inaccuracies and disinformation,

to encourage people to take part in an informed debate on the issues that are important to them – using reason, logic and truth; and

to use this process to break down and move past ideological divides in order to help and encourage public officials to make reasonable, balanced policy decisions.

 
 

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