A Competition of Ideas, Not People

I’ve been expecting a reply to an email I sent a few days ago. Suspecting the reply may have fallen into the black-hole of my “junk” inbox, I went searching. While I didn’t find the reply I was looking for, what I did find gave me the spark for writing this post.

My junk box was full of political newsletters. Over the years as I’ve contributed to candidates or filled out surveys I’ve been added …