If people can’t feel safe in their houses of worship, schools and while walking down a street, then we have a problem that is deeper than terrorism and lawlessness. It is a problem of the spirit, which even government can’t reach or control.

In their Build Back Better Act, congressional Democrats have betrayed President Biden’s promise. Embedded in this multi-trillion dollar package is a prescription drug price-fixing mechanism, whose effect will be to greatly reduce cancer research and thus hinder the discovery of new cancer treatments.

It is past time — by almost 15 years and counting — for President Biden and other Democrats to disabuse themselves of the naive notion that the other party still has any interest in helping them govern. If democracy is to be saved, it will be done not with the Republican Party, but despite it. Failure to understand that and strategize accordingly wastes time America does not have.

The Trump-DeSantis storyline is inherently alluring, given the chances of a collision between two men who have been allies and the possibility of the subordinate in the relationship eclipsing the figure who helped to elevate him.

Who among us doesn’t have an unflattering headshot, gawky high school picture or gag photo of us clowning around? With any luck, the worst of them are hidden in drawers or pasted in albums (if they haven’t been ripped up). The ones online, alas, we’re stuck with for eternity.