<p><span style="color: rgba(68, 67, 64, 1)">How did America reach its present state of striking dysfunctionality, and what can be done about it?&nbsp;Howard Burton offers his unique perspective on the raging culture war in the United States, vividly describing how Americans are increasingly falling prey to a culture of opinionated ignorance, while suggesting that a solution is nonetheless possible: simply harnessing the abundant genuine expertise that is quietly contained within its shores.</span></p><p><br></p><p>"...&nbsp;<em>a treatise of exceptional conscientiousness, with each argument carefully formulated and then a series of defenses offered against potential criticisms</em>." -&nbsp;<strong>David Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(230, 230, 230, 1); color: rgba(68, 67, 64, 1)">"</span><em style="color: rgba(68, 67, 64, 1)">Thrilling, unsettling, but ultimately hopeful and redemptive. Both an urgent and vital call to arms and a practical manual for front-line troops in the battle for kindness, significance, and downright survival." </em><strong style="color: rgba(68, 67, 64, 1)">Charles Foster, Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford ' author of the New York Times bestsellers&nbsp;<em>Being a Beast </em>and&nbsp;<em>Being a Human</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">"...&nbsp;</span><em style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">witty, provocative, and rigorous in its arguments. I loved it.</em><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">" - Heather Seggel, </span><strong>The Progressive Populist</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(173, 9, 28, 1)">The Chronicle for High</strong><strong style="color: rgba(141, 15, 25, 1)">er Education:</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong>Howard's book is featured in the Chronicle report by senior editor Alexander C. Kafka,&nbsp;<em>Managing Political Tensions: Strategies to counter hate, extremism, and violence on campus</em>, in the section called&nbsp;<em>A Critical Look at Critical Thinking.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(181, 12, 32, 1)">The Hill:</strong>&nbsp;Why Americans are so angry at each other - and how you can break the cycle</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The TeachThought Podcast</strong>:&nbsp;American Exceptionalism, Confusing Opinion With Knowledge</p><p></p>