’24 Wave Red, ’25 Wave Blue. Enough with the Slurs Is What Politicians Should Do. The previous essay in this two-part series included an evaluation of politics in terms of the ways our political parties have grasped public attention. Attention offers the power of mental sorting and selection, which is crucial to shaping each person’s experience of the world in general, as the founder of American psychology William James observes. Attention also shapes each person’s experience of the news in particular. That essay included an assessment of the sentiments for toughness crucial to the appeal of recent Republican Party policies Read more