How has America given itself this frightening division? And what can we do about it rather than blaming one party or the other?

Don Neeper is a retired physicist who devoted professional and personal time to solar buildings, recovery of contaminated soils, and regulatory prevention of pollution. His blog exploring questions of science and society lead to the ideas offered in this book. Using straightforward language, American Anxiety describes the growing social tension, and why society is different now when compared to the decades between 1960 and 2000.

Neeper outlines systemic issues that emerge from American rules and customs, and how we can do something about the resulting polarization—if we want to. In this analysis, there’s no need to weigh which political side is wrong. Both are.