Eric Zorn: 3 easy ways to preserve your serenity during the toxic political year ahead
Over the years, I've changed a number of minds arguing politics with readers over email.
That number is zero.
Not that I'm a lousy debater or am usually wrong - far from it! But that, in my experience, no one ever admits defeat at the conclusion of email squabbles.
Cultural psychologists could tell us why it's so rare for anyone to back down
