May 29, 2024
Yesterday was a big day for One Daily Link, so I wanted to say welcome and thank you to all of you new subscribers! I hope you like what you’ve seen of the site so far. I hope you like it even more as time goes on.
Since my time on the radio was brief, I’d like to say just a little more about what you can expect from One Daily Link.
This is your refuge from sensationalistic headlines. Some of the joys I skipped over today were “Butker’s Misogyny Isn’t Unique, It’s The Conservative Agenda” and “Biden’s Morehouse Speech Was A ‘Disgrace’.” Meanwhile, the title of today’s featured column is “What’s Convincing Voters the Economy Is Worse Than It Ever Was?” If your blood pressure didn’t dip pleasantly after that last headline, please click here.
This is your refuge from being called an idiot or monster for your political beliefs. You will disagree with about fifty percent of the links here, but you won’t be insulted by them. A primary goal of the site is for readers to see the most thoughtful, honest, and respectful writing of the other side. By necessity, that requires authors to take as a given the decency and nuance of opposition voters’ thinking.
Relating to the past two days’ links, I don’t only feature columns by conservatives about perceptions of the economy. These caught my eye, though, because (a) yesterday’s columnist laid out a case worth hearing for why some voters are down on the economy and (b) today’s columnist digs into perception vs. reality, which dovetails with an overarching question here. (That question is are we polarized because we’re truly polarized or because we’re told we’re polarized? Matthew Yglesias had an incredible piece on this last year. It’s in our Top Ten.)
There’s a lot more I’d like to say, but I’ll stop there. I hope this all sounds like what you signed up for. If it sounds like something your friends and family might want to sign up for, please share it with them using the button below. As I mentioned on the air, the columns here have changed not just how I view politics, but how it can be discussed constructively. They’re not a cure-all, but they are a strong counter to the argument that our politics is broken. Thank you so much for being here!