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Robert David Sullivan is the production editor at America magazine.
Police officers conduct a manhunt after a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., on Dec. 2. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Anti-government voters have driven the shift against gun control.
New York and a handful of "elite cities" seem to have ascended into their own heavenly economy. (iStock photo)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
The U.S. is divided over whether things are O.K. or terrible.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Americans don't trust each other, and they trust the government even less
Supporters and opponents of Donald Trump taunt each other in Los Angeles in July. (CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
The Republican frontrunner benefits from resentment against the media.
John Bel Edwards provided a rare victory for Democrats in the South. (Richard David Ramsey, via Wikimedia Commons)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Claiming the political center works, at least when scandal lends a hand.
Migrants from Syria arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos Oct. 2 after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. (CNS photo/Dale Gavlak)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Politicians who exploit fears deserve all mockery they get.
A memorial is seen at the Place de la Republique in Paris on November 15. (CNS photo/Lucie Brousseau)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
We now have yet another red-vs.-blue map to keep track of.
HUD is proposing to ban smoking even in private areas of public housing.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Limits on private behavior in public housing go along with snob zoning laws.
If Brad Pitt had been a Republican, would he have headed to Washington instead of Hollywood? (Shutterstock)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Republicans offered passion while Democrats showed skittishness in the 90s.
If you hate government with the heat of a thousand suns, you might think that Carly Fiorina crushed it on Tuesday night. (Shutterstock)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Rubio looked ahead to the general election, but Fiorina was the most consistently grim.