The American experiment is in trouble. Deaths of despair — due to suicide, drugs or alcohol poisoning — have surged in recent years. Reports of happiness have plunged. Millions think the American dream is out of reach. Polarization in Washington goes from worse to worse.
That’s the bad news.
The good news is we are seeing more evidence that America’s cultural elites are increasingly willing to confront the roots of these problems without regard to their ideological provenance. The professors, journalists, policymakers, professionals and Hollywood tastemakers who dominate the heights of our culture seem to be finally tiring of lazy, ideologically driven thinking about our biggest problems and willing to explore solutions that exist outside of their generally left-leaning bubbles.
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