Reconciliation will feel so good, just like Peaches & Herb said it would.

UNITED WE STAND/DIVIDED WE FALL THROWDOWN & Game Show®: Americans actually do like each other, but that sure as hell seems to make for poor news ratings. Cartoonishly callous caricaturizations and simplistic stereotypes now rule the airwaves. As a result, most so-called Red & Blue Americans (when doom-scrolling or anxiously munching Doritos® on their sectional in front of their siloed news show) have been duped into believing that the other side is beyond redemption. The truth is, when Americans walk out their front door every morning and have actual IRL encounters with fellow citizens, these engagements are 99.9% friendly, respectful, and typically enjoyable.

As ridiculous as this seems, just restaging the critical issues of our moment within a universally accepted non-partisan safe space (a Game Show studio) may be the only way so-called Red America and Blue America will actually agree to see and appreciate each other for who we really are (equally goofy, dorky, funny & fallible fellow humans) — and ultimately… begin to diffuse our seemingly intractable manufactured animosities before our stars and stripes come completely apart at the seams. The only way to win is to unite! (with enormous cash prizes!) ©2025 Vinnie Angel/Peter LoGreco