Choosing sides is not polarization

Sometimes it's unavoidable, and what's good for the country

On Election Day this week, I confronted the ugly reality of what our politics have become. This was entirely unexpected. After all, the election was unremarkable, featuring only local races in my little rural town of less than 2,000. Zoning board, school board, town treasurer, first selectman (the New England equivalent of mayor) and library board offic…