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Historian (and US Senator) Ben Sasse writing book on polarization

Sen. Ben Sasse is writing a book about the polarization of America.

The book is coming together during the 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. hours that Sasse devotes to reading and writing most days.

It's going to be titled "Them," with a subtitle of "Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal," Sasse said Wednesday during a telephone interview from Washington.

Nebraska's first-term Republican senator first mentioned the book during an interview with KFAB radio in Omaha earlier in the day.

Last year, Sasse wrote a book titled "The Vanishing American Adult," which attracted a stream of favorable national reviews and was a New York Times Bestseller.  ...


Read entire article at Lincoln Journal Star