Fighting Alligators

“The news can feel exhausting and demoralizing right now. Each day seems to bring a new assault on the notion of democratic governance.” 

—David Leonhardt, op-ed columnist, New York Times, Oct. 4, 2019.

 • Editorial Comment: We’re too busy fighting alligators to drain the swamp.

 

 

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