The Perils of Polarization - First Things

The perils of polarization

CRACOW — Adam Michnik was one of the great wordsmiths of the revolution of conscience that began to form in mid-1970s Poland, which was fully ignited by John Paul II in June 1979, and that [...]

The Perils of Polarization

KSikorski Polish president Karol Nawrocki speaks with voters on the campaign trail in Tarnow on March 23, 2025. COMMENTARY: In both the Polish and American cases, where is the Church creating the space in which unity might be recomposed, modeling rational discussion as the antidote to social media snark?

The Perils of Polarization - First Things

CRACOW—Adam Michnik was one of the great wordsmiths of the revolution of conscience that began to form in mid-1970s Poland, that was fully ignited by John Paul II in June 1979, and that triumphed in the Revolution of 1989.  It was Michnik, defending nonviolent methods of anti-communist resistance, who neatly observed that “those who start by storming bastilles will end up building their own.” It was Michnik who, in a 1977 book, defended Polish C…

New Book Sheds Light on the Roots of American Polarization

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