What mid-20th Century screenwriter/TV producer Rod Serling, famed for “The Twilight Zone,” said 50 years ago seems to have come true.

There really is no other explanation for Trumpism, a set of beliefs so lowly and base that it’s really hard to understand how American society could have possibly arrived here.

I met a middle-aged couple from Limoges, France (between Paris and Bordeaux) yesterday. They’re not thrilled with Macron, though they regard him as “just a politician,” i.e., one who will do whatever’s required to be reelected.

They say that Trump enjoys virtually no support in France.  I responded that this is not at all surprising given that country’s grounding in education, environmental responsibility, art, and other aspects of culture.

Society’s Loss of Its Capacity to Think