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Will the United States ever get back on a bipartisan 'Middle Way?'

  • Written by Lou Galambos, Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University
Bipartisan laughter: Eisenhower with GOP Sen. William Knowland and Democratic Sen. Lyndon Johnson.

Our nation has been ripped apart by political discord, ad hominem attacks and deep rifts between the dominant political parties.

But history provides a lesson about how the United States can return to bipartisanship and more civil political discourse.

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