Hollowed Out Shells

The Chair of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee recently questioned the necessity of polio vaccines. And in another case of formerly great institutions being gutted, the now oligarch-friendly CBS News has installed an empty suit as its anchor (One must admire the Daily Beast headline: “MAGA-Coded Anchor Scores Lowest Ratings of the Century for CBS News.”)

As so many familiar parts of life become shells of their former selves, it’s worth remembering what’s still decent, human, and real. The neighborliness being shown by the people of Minneapolis seems like America at its best.

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