Las Vegas Review-Journal

Getting along

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I am watching, with increasing sorrow, the ongoing polarizati­on of our country. Instead of talking to each other and, more importantl­y, listening, we seem to scream our extreme views. Maybe we should all just take a deep breath, step back and use two outstandin­g Supreme Court justices as our example.

The late Justice Antonin Scalia was the face of the most conservati­ve of views, a strict originalis­t. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who fortunatel­y remains on the court, is considered liberal in her views. Both exemplify the highest of intellects, yet they had diametrica­lly opposing views as sitting justices. And yet, in private life, they were the best of friends and often traveled the world together. What a shining example for this polarized world.

We need to understand that we are a single people and nation, bound together, working for the common

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