A contagion of littleness

Our institutions now present a dismal spectacle. Attempts to address one crisis are immediately subverted by another. There is no stable context for arguments. What shall we address: The dreary logjam in Parliament? The corrosion of the Supreme Court's authority brought about not just by the spectacular bluntness and lack of clarity in its judgments, but also by public dirty linen-washing by judges? The decimation of universities as sites of free speech? The death of the IAS? We could go on.

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