# An op-ed by Prof. Jonathan Haidt on the US cultural divide

1 Faculty News October 8, 2012 ![TIME logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025660.jpg?itok=PFxttUnQ)>

Excerpt from [TIME](http://ideas.time.com/2012/10/08/the-new-culture-war-ove-fairness/) -- "Both candidates are essentially saying, Vote for me because the other side destroyed a fair America in which hard work paid off. Vote for me because I’ll restore fairness and the American Dream. But if we dig a little deeper into what the two sides mean by fairness, the similarities melt away."

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