Can we replace fighting with work and reason?

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Usually, death hits us at the wrong time. The passing of Justice Ruth B. Ginsburg opened the political arm wrenching in selecting her replacement. One can ask again if politics must be endless fights, or can we make them more about work and reason?

Baby boomers — those who did not get amnesia yet — remember that in their youth, the catchphrase of the day was “make love, not war.” In…