Who’ll lower the political temp, no longer a ‘Golden’ State and other commentary

From the right: Who’ll Lower the Political Temp?

Following another episode of political violence, National Review’s Jim Geraghty cautions that “there is no visible way out of America’s intensifying political divisions and continuing rounds of ideologically motivated violence.” The recent shooting in Dallas presented “another set of facts that turned into a Rorschach test,” where “a whole bunch of people on the left are choosing to believe the perpetrator absolutely must have been affiliated with the right side of the political spectrum.” The problem is that America lacks “leaders right now who can ‘lower the temperature’ or calm the waters.” Besides, “there are few remaining figures who are trusted across the political spectrum” — few prominent Americans who can or want “to calm our int