In times of great emotional duress, I normally find myself writing. To this point in our current crisis, the impulse went missing, like so much of our lives over the last four weeks. The intellectual processing loses its struggle with...

It really is unfathomable to me how anyone could vote Republican in this election cycle.John McCain has tried to claim the mantel of change, but the economic crisis reminds us thata McCain has given his full throated support for the...