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Loose Ends: Uncomfortable Conversations

MEEKER I I recently heard someone say, “Nobody asks questions anymore.” The implication was that people hated the real answer, so they just barreled ahead without stopping to consider the consequences. The people who believed that fake news could be applied to the reporting of verifiable facts began to drown out the voices of reason until most everyone got tired of talking about it. On both sides of the Continental Divide, the differences between the…