Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Getting out from under |
Every morning, on and off, for nearly a decade, I feel as if I have woken up to a new and increasingly alarming realization. And the world feels foggy, like it’s still asleep.
Of course, it started when a game-show host declared victory in 2016 and, in short order, began dismantling all kinds of legal and political norms, exposing how depressingly easy it was to transform a public office into a personal entitlement beyond the reach of accountability.
But it didn’t end there.
And, as much as I thought during his first term that the “adults in the room” had fled the scene, I had to acknowledge that this time around, and only one year in, there wasn’t any resistance at all – like the incoming outfit had stripped our national infrastructure........