Op-Ed: 'Culture bundling' and other obstacles to a real gun control debate

I enjoy unproductive talk. Bloviating, berating, snarking and swearing about politics are all pleasures, and not even particularly guilty ones. Most of the time, I remember that my self-indulgence doesn't accomplish much. It pleases me, it entertains like-minded people and it reaffirms whatever my “team” already believes. But it doesn't persuade. It neither seeks nor finds common ground. Much of our modern American dialogue about... + full article