Commentary.

During the past few months, I have been bombarded with radio and television campaign ads, editorials in print and online publications, an avalanche of political satire and quite often mean-spirited debate on social media sites. We unplugged our “land line” at home because 99.9% of the calls were of political orientation. Almost every political message supports candidates for various elected offices of leadership by attacking his or her opponent.

During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested.

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