We keep waiting for the fever to break, but the infection rages on.
Many of us thought a decisive election would be the cure. Many of us thought lifting pandemic restrictions would bring relief. Maybe a second decisive election? Record-low unemployment with slowing inflation? A run of nice weather (at least until Canada caught fire)? Satisfying final seasons of Succession and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel? No, no, no, and no. The fever only worsens. It’s a miracle the patient didn’t die years ago.
