How much does Donald Trump's childhood home cost?

This is Jim Denison's daily article for Thursday, February 7th, 2019.

Here's the most objective story about Donald Trump I could find in today's news.

His childhood home in Queens, New York is on the market.

For $2.9 million, you can purchase the house where Mr. Trump lived until he was four years old.

It comes with a life-size cardboard cutout of the president.

It's hard to open a news feed without finding polarizing stories about the president.

Watching reactions to his State of the Union speech Tuesday night,

he would think that two separate nations inhabit the same country.

But we've been here before.

George Washington was the only president ever elected unanimously by the Electoral College.

Anyone who believes our politics are polarized beyond repair is not studied the election of 1800.

A Thomas Jefferson surrogate called John Adams a repulsive pedant,

while an Adam's surrogate warned that electing Jefferson would create a nation where

murder, robbery, rape, adultery, and incest will be openly taught and practiced.

The founders knew that complex issues would require complex solutions that can be achieved

only through sometimes contentious debate, compromise, and perseverance. That's why they

created a federal structure with three branches and a complicated system of checks and balances.

Reflecting the diversity of the new nation, political leaders soon

form the first two political parties, and a two-party system has basically dominated our

political process ever since. There is no question that America's two parties are intensely

opposed to each other today. According to Pew Research Center, 45% of Republicans consider

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