REVIEW BY ELAYNE RIGGS

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There's change in the air -- even to the point where citizens aretalking about how tired they are of feeling divided, and starting toyearn for common ground again, having felt it in that brief periodseven years ago before the people in power cynically squandered andtrashed that golden opportunity. Before I continue with a blogaround, Imust recommend a fascinating documentary most of which Robin and Icaught earlier today. It's called Split: A Divided America, and it'sabsolutely magnificent. It's the first political docu I've seen inquite awhile that doesn't stake out a POV, and that's because it's allabout how we got to this point where staking out POVs and sticking tothem come hell or high water has all but ruined our ability to talk toeach other, arrive at understandings, and grow not only as citizens butas people. I can't say enough about this work, please see it if you getthe chance. We have less than two months for its message to sink in.