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Some good news in the American political race

In my latest Mercatornet column I find good news amid the snarling and sneering about the 2020 Presidential race: Trump’s increased vote among blacks and other minorities shows that the bitterly divisive horror story about America’s hopeless “systemic” racism is not true and is increasingly not believed even by the supposed victims.

Facing the facts about the American election

In my latest National Post column I say the U.S. has entered a new political era in which it would promote healing if one side could admit there are very good reasons for people to support Donald Trump, for instance their distaste for identity politics, and the other side could admit Trump is an awful person and a nasty President.

Wish I'd said that - November 5, 2020

“The common theme of the essays that make up this book is that the proper design of public policies requires a clear and sober understanding of the nature of man and, in particular, of the extent to which that nature can be changed by plan.”

1st sentence of author’s Introduction to James Q. Wilson Thinking About Crime Revised Edition