The Peace And The Power

The Peace And The Power

The Practice

Being Right Won’t Save Democracy

On grace, strange bedfellows, and whether being right is the same as preserving the republic.

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Julianna Forlano
Feb 20, 2026
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Last week in a support group I run for people affected by a family member or friend’s political extremism (yes, those groups exist, FREE, go here), I was asked to present on something practical: what does it look like when someone you love appears to be coming out of political extremism? And what do you do?

Most of the people in that room are not living…

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