I have been chronicling the Age of Trump for more than eight years. It has caused great harm to our individual and collective emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and yes, physical lives. So much has happened in that time that it is difficult to remember it all. Distortions of time and memory lapses are common problems for individuals and societies under extreme stress.
As I think about the 2024 election, I keep hearing the lyrics of Irish poet Thomas Moore’s song “The Minstrel Boy”:
