First, let me state my basic thesis poetically. To some, it will sound unoriginal, implausible, and overwrought: We in the West are falling in a moral abyss. We are in mid-fall. It’s been long since we careened off the precipice, though we have not hit bottom. Poetic language is vague, so let me explain what I mean. 1. Plumbing the abyss We…

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