Hi to all my fellow Free Pressers! I’m the Community Manager here at The FP and your moderator for our brand new Forum. We could not be more excited to open this next chapter with all of you. My introduction to The Free Press was Bari’s interview with Walter Russell Mead on Honestly: “A World Spinning Out of Control.” I sent it to everyone I knew, then promptly disappeared down the Free Press rabbit hole and never looked back. I’m so proud to work here and still believe The Free Press is exactl

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Also: Why politics can't really be "fixed" here or anywhere else. In my personal opinion, it is summed-up by my catchphrase: Politics should be about principle and Policy, not Parties or Personalities. Imagine for a moment if this was the standard by which everyone approached politics. We would have far less mudslinging, far more focused and purposeful dialog, parties which remained focused on organizing principles and goals other than simply gaining and holding power, and MUCH more integrou