A Bitterly Divided Nation

New York Times: “Brute partisanship in the Senate is a symptom of a much larger national contagion. To the right and left alike, Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination appears less like a final spasm of division — a sobering trauma, followed by calm resolution — than an event that deepens the national mood of turbulence. The country is gripped by a climate of division and distrust rivaled by few other moments in the recent past.”