Required Reading: The Big Sort

I haven't read anything in a long while that made me think so deeply about America's divided body politic as Bill Bishop's "The Big Sort". From the last paragraph:

In a country that is dividing by economic prospects, by years of education, by the look and feel of what constitutes a family, and by politic persuasion, we continue to believe there might be a more important message we all need to hear. The message people living in a democracy must understand, more than any other message, is that there are Americans who aren't just like you. They don't live like you, they don't have families like yours, and they don't think like you. They may not live in your neighborhood, but this is their country too.