Polarization of a Nation

In 1780, John Adams was quoted saying that, “There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.” Unfortunately, it seems that as a country we have made the founding fathers’ greatest dread a reality. Many feel that as a nation we are more divided than we have ever been. We are joined now by Dr. Joseph Pierre, a clinical professor of Health Sciences at UCLA, to discuss it further.