Americans’ views of politics and elected officials are unrelentingly negative, with little hope of improvement on the horizon. 65% of Americans say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics. By contrast, just 10% say they always or often feel hopeful about politics.| Pew Research Center
Memory plays deceptive (and sometimes dangerous) tricks on us. Yet arguing with people’s memories seldom succeeds.| leedrutman.substack.com
Is America Really in Crisis, or Are Our Brains Just Wired to Think So? Yes.| leedrutman.substack.com
The short version of the paper I just published| www.experimental-history.com