Opinion: A divided Washington can still get things done — here’s where it should start

In one of my favorite scenes in Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar,” Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway’s characters must dock with a spacecraft spinning out of control after Matt Damon’s character triggers an explosion trying to steal it. Their survival — and likely mankind’s — depends on their success. The robot copilot warns that “It’s not possible.” “No, it’s necessary,” McConaughey replies. Many may feel that the American experiment of self-government is similarly spinning out of control in a way, as pundits and politicians diagnose the Republican Party’s midterm loss and our state of polarization, concluding that working across the aisle over the next two years (and beyond) is impossible. So, attention naturally turns to 2028 and how each party will position itself. Opinion: Is progressive politics becoming more welcoming of faith? Opinion: The newly elected promise to govern for all.

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