Chill Out with Braver Angels

Nine in ten Americans can name either a recent news event or something about American politics that made them angry…and…when asked how angry, 46% said “extremely angry.” What’s more, 55% of Americans said they had felt stressed out the day before they were asked, which may mean half of us feel stressed out every day. Two men, David Blankenhorn of New York City and David Lapp of Ohio, became keenly aware of this feeling and its opposite on November 9, 2016, the day after the presidential election.

After the 2016 election there were violent riots in Portland as well as massive protests in DC, New York, San Francisco, and other places—and a mob assaulted the Capitol after the 2020 election. The anger does not appear to have diminished.

Read the full piece on my Substack here.