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How a European Vacation Broke My Political Echo Chamber

Nov 20, 2025
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On the topic of politics and my family, the word jarring comes to mind. When I was growing up, almost my entire extended family, and certainly my nuclear family, were staunchly conservative. Seared into my memory is riding around in my grandfather’s car as a little kid listening to Sean Hannity’s radio show interrupted occasionally by Clearance Clearwat…

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