The Todd Herman Show

America: the land of feeling masquerading as opinions and the chaos that reapsAll too many Americans feel their way into having what they think are opinions. But, opinions require some basis in fact or they are simply more feelings. A recent Pew Survey shows just how little understanding many people have about who Americans are and what we do. That ignorance is useful for The Party which leverages it to create policy based on these wrong beliefs. An article in The Atlantic is a terrific example of this. The author quotes interesting data showing very wealthy, liberal neighborhoods don’t want anything to do with low-income housing in their towns. Then, the author departs from data and moves into the world of feelings when he explains that only by forcing neighborhoods to accept density can kids have decent schools. Yes, he skipped right past the easiest way to fix schools and low-income areas and went straight into government force. The Atlantic writer, like the people in the Pew Poll, does not understand who