Charles Lipson writes for RealClearPolitics, today about the serious differences between our two major parties.
Cleavages are prominent in issues freighted with social and cultural meaning. That’s certainly true for disputes surrounding abortion and transgender rights. Both issues have practical consequences, but the disputes go further. They are fights over cultural symbols that matter to many people who have no direct, personal stake in reproductive rights or gender changes.
”No personal stake” but vitally important nevertheless, isn’t that a strange state of affairs?
