Our country has entered new, uncharted territory. How will we respond to it?
The thirteenth-century poet Dante Alighieri, born in 1265 in Florence, Italy, lived in a era ravaged by civil war and conflict,. His great dramatic poem,The Divine ComedyThis sounds a lot like the situation many people find themselves in, in twenty-first century America. Many of the certainties we depended on from earlier times have dissolved or evaporated.Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has stated that America is in the midst of aepidemic.
Dr. Robert Putnam, professor of public policy at the Kennedy School at Harvard University, was an early chronicler of the changes disrupting our society in his book. Putnam noted that, in a sport once dominated by raucous, competitive leagues, people who pursue the sport now are more likely to be bowling by themselves.
The loss of community that Putnum documented is reflected in our political life. Our recent presidential election furthered the bifurcation and polarization of our society. Albeit by a fairly narrow margin, the American voters rejected a candidate who campaigned on a vision of unity in favor of one who targeted political enemies, immigrants, and others.
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