A ‘kinder, gentler’ peninsula

George H. W. Bush, during his campaign for president in 1988 and his inauguration speech in 1989 called for a “kinder, gentler” nation.

Fifteen years down the road then candidate Barack Obama coined the phrase “not blue, not red but United States” about overcoming political division.

We could use some of this today. Americans are polarized politically, to a point that hasn’t been seen since the American Civil War. According to a new survey by YouGov, some believe there could be a second Civil War on the horizon.