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The following article may help understand the current divisions within American society from a different perspective. Samuel Huntington was a famous social scientist who wrote important books that helped shape the thinking of intellectuals within American for decades. Jason Willick writes in the American Interest that one of Huntington’s lesser read theories may ultimately be playing out in today’s political environment. Read more at the link below.

http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/07/14/how-samuel-huntington-predicted-our-political-moment/

The following piece is response from a police officer to recent shootings and protests about overzealous policing.

http://patch.com/virginia/lakeridge/s/ftch4/op-ed-what-most-of-us-good-cops-are-thinking-right-now

 

Here is an article about a local school controversy in Virginia over banning books from reading lists. Is this political correctness run amok or an instance of parental intervention to protect their children from obscene material? You be the judge.

http://www.chesterfieldobserver.com/news/2016-06-29/Front_Page/Sen_Chase_Librarians_should_be_dismissed.html

 

Another instance of free speech getting denied on a California campus. See this article about Cal State University – LA Campus attempting to prevent a conservative speaker from addressing students.

http://dailysignal.com/2016/05/23/ben-shapiro-fights-back-against-college-campus-free-speech-crackdowns/