Opinion | How We’ve Lost Our Moorings as a Society

The problem for Democrats is that any observation of this second truth—a truth that seems likely to darken and expand in the aftermath of yesterday’s attack—will now be condemned as rancorous and immoral—or worse, as an incitement to further political violence. Every necessary criticism of Trump’s authoritarianism, fondness for dictators, fraudulen... See more

The many analysts, including me, who had argued that Trump could not win the general election were relying on pre-Babel intuitions, which said that scandals such as the Access Hollywood tape (in which Trump boasted about committing sexual assault) are fatal to a presidential campaign. But after Babel, nothing really means anything anymore––at least... See more

The system of checks and balances that I believed to exist in grade school has been shattered, as a man with a red baseball cap has torn down the curtain he didn't even try to hide behind. Our emerald city is bleeding and in between beatings we continue to drink the Kool-Aid and joke about moving across borders, when deep down we know we're too com... See more