Despite Walmart and Starbucks, divided we stand

Portland Press Herald:

America’s most essential and abiding divisions are not between red states and blue states, conservatives and liberals, capital and labor, blacks and whites, the faithful and the secular. Rather, our divisions stem from this fact: The United States is a federation composed of the whole or part of 11 regional nations, some of which truly do not see eye to eye with one another.

Interesting thesis. I’ve been meaning to read his book (as someone who has done work on regional political culture, it’s right up my alley). It’s on my post-comps list.

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