Thanksgiving in the Age of Kakistocracy

Trump melts down, institutions wobble, but communities, and readers, still hold the line.

Good morning, and Happy Thanksgiving! Some mornings I wake up wondering whether there will be anything to write about, and every morning the universe answers with a deranged parade of scandals marching straight across my coffee cup like Macy’s floats designed by Kafka. This is one of those mornings when the challenge isn’t finding news; it’s deciding wh…