We Can't Even Agree on Vladimir Putin?

Every once in a while -- even in our contentious times -- there is an inchoate sense in the air . . . of a unity so close we can almost taste it. From our shared fear and concern about getting through the disastrous pandemic to a shared sorrow and revulsion at the Afghani suffering following our withdrawal, in moments like this, we don't seem to be all that far from a deeper unity as an American people. Until we look closer. With a free, sovereign nation that has openly embraced many Western ideals of democracy now surrounded by an overwhelming horde of Russian troops, you would think we would be close to that kind of unity this week. Indeed, when we started this staff piece, our working title was "A Rare Moment of American Unity?"