NEW HUFF POST - DEMAGOGUES

For the past weeks, I've been writing with a growing sense of urgency on the rising levels of fear and divisiveness evidenced in our political process here in the United States and around the world.  It occurred to me that I was witnessing a beauty pageant for demagogues.  What is a demagogue? This piece is a result of that reflection and concludes with the suggestion that we do not have to be passive participants.  The demagogue's cry for polarization must be our call to honor what we value. Read, like, comment, and share as you please.  Read my new Huffington Post piece: Demagogues: Leaders of Collective Madness.