“Restoring America” has become a priority for the Washington Examiner, which has launched a new product under that name. America obviously needs restoring, and you can see that simply from how divided we are. But that’s not the whole story.

Yes, we’re divided. Yes, part of the problem is that people who disagree need to learn better how to get along. Part of the problem is that opposing ideas need to coexist — that’s the American way. Yet in our political debates these days, the side that increasingly wins out is the side that rejects the very premise of coexistence with those who disagree.