> Alone among the countries in the world, it has attempted to construct not just a state of different tribes, but a nation of them — white and black, Christian and Muslim, and many others, too.

This perception of exceptionalism is amusing to me, since I'm currently sitting in South Africa.

Update: Just finished the article, and I remained impressed. Unfortunately for the author, he's probably going to have to switch parties to find an audience for his ideas. It's really, really tough to imagine the GOP being able to rebuild the bridges it has burned with minorities in the Obama era.

We're headed for a huge realignment in American politics. The GOP elite who have stuck with Trump have sealed their own fates. The Democratic elite are already courting them. But neither are doing much to appeal effectively to the poor, white or black.

It remains to be seen whether we'll see a movement that captures both, as well as grabbing some of the intelligentsia. The Sanders campaign came close, but what's needed is something on the order of a political party.