If ever there was a good year to try to tune out the world, 2017 was it. Sure, it was an exciting time to be in the news business (assuming you kept your job), or to follow the news. But sometimes following the news can be too exciting, like a series of panic attacks to the national psyche. A certain large personality was inescapable. One day in October, the Bulletin’s Nation page had four stories, headlined as follows: “Trump says predecessor didn’t honor the fallen,” “Trump, McConnell say they’re friends,” “Trump might reconsider drug czar choice,” “Trump: Cuba ‘is responsible’ for attacks.” Stop the world, I...
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