Shadi Hamid on Morning Joe. The single worst guest I think I have ever seen on that show.

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23. :) Oh, excellent. "some people just need to believe in something and

they cabbage onto whatever happens to grab their fancy."

Agree entirely, except maybe the last. There is no one big action that will restore calm and confidence in ourselves to our nation, but many smaller actions can. While the shift of some to secular beliefs continues, rooting corrupting political influences out of churches and restoring moral teachings will do enormous good for those who attend. A job for the churches themselves, and, boy, don't those who still have the right stuff know it.

Speaking of moral teachings, healing America requires once again recognizing tolerance as a virtue. The Big Lie trumpeted by intolerant-trouble makers on both right and left is that it means supporting or caving to what is wrong. Not!

Tolerance as a virtue critical to society means accepting differences that are inevitable among people living their lives, enjoying their liberties, and pursuing their happiness in their own ways.

The old living by the golden rule and meaning it.