ROBERT WARGAS: How Long Does America Have? “Every week this country is consumed in a new distended orgy of polarized, mutual hatred, set against the backdrop of outrage mobs, race riots, shuttered businesses, scandals, Twitter-induced career ruination, gleeful smear parties, and partisan hackery. Admit it: You’ve asked yourself where America is going, and how long it can survive the trip. Admit it.”

It’s a Republic. If we can keep it. Keeping it requires effort. It may even require sacrifice of some sort.