Finding Agreement in a Divisive Culture
Investigators are piecing together what led up to a shooting Wednesday in Virginia that left five people injured, including a congressman. Police say an Illinois man who supported Bernie Sanders and despised Donald Trump opened fire at a baseball field as Republican lawmakers practiced for an annual congressional baseball game. In reacting to the events, Alabama Media Group Columnist John Archibald writes that the shooting was like an attack on America itself. He discusses this and fundamental flaws he sees the Alabama Constitution.
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