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The Case for Patience in a Year That Refuses to Wait

Argument, in 2026, has become the enemy of attention. There is a remedy.

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By James Beauregard
Opinion Editor · Atlanta
ATLANTA · February 19, 2025 · 12:00 PM ET
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The Case for Patience in a Year That Refuses to Wait

I have spent twenty-three years writing columns. The most useful thing I have learned is also the least fashionable: most of the time, the second sentence is wrong.

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James Beauregard

Opinion Editor. Contributing to Pulse Chronicles since 2003.