We must stop destroying our institutions

America enters 2021 still in the grip of a pandemic. One of the reasons coronavirus continues to burrow ever deeper into our society is the attack on science has succeeded; sufficient numbers of Americans believe coronavirus falls somewhere on a continuum of flu to hoax. The undermining of science is just one example of the …

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 "Keep doing it."  "I have been. You know that. But when is it your turn?"  "That I cannot do."  "But why?"  "I like things as they are."  "I liked it that way, too. But I changed, and so can..."  "And you should keep doing it."  "Not you?"  "You, yes; me, no."  "I don't understand."  "Perhaps …