As both parties have moved toward their extremities and the political noise machine exists on constant overdrive, moderation or centrism often seem endangered qualities.

America is divided—but by what? Race, religion, political party, education level: all are sources of significant social disunity these days, as people increasingly have trouble understanding or ...

Still, parties persisted as the vehicles of electoral politics in the country, evolving into the current two-party system from a variety of parties that emerged and died over the past 200 years.

How would you describe a member of the opposite political party? Maybe you find them “annoying” or even “stupid.” Or you might call them “bigoted” or “immoral.” Americans are ...

A dozen or more years ago, a media colleague paid me the compliment of calling me “Colorado’s most radical moderate.” Thank you for those words, David Kopel.