It is hard to watch America and not wonder whether we have lost our way. The pivot many of us had hoped for did not occur, and now we know it never will. The electoral college victory at the end of 2016 (despite a 3,000,000 popular vote deficit) fueled racism and enabled hate. Truth is on trial on a daily, even hourly, basis, as are many of our most important institutions. The much reviled "administrative state" is being quietly dismantled, as agencies are now run by those who either are incompetent or among their chief antagonists. Reputable media, the bulwark of a free society, are under constant attack. Our chief law enforcement agency and the many dedicated career professionals who staff it have been unfairly derided as political hacks, as is the one man, an honorable member of the majority party, who is principally responsible for investigating insidious foreign involvement in our domestic affairs. One could be forgiven for concluding from this tumultuous year that the e
Meditations on Law and Life