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Yesterday’s show was a wake up call. The video of the young man so casually discussing a plot to brutally murder another conservative commentator during a debate, was troubling to watch. I’m having a really hard time processing how we got here.

Yes, we live in a peerless country, full of kind-hearted and giving people. But there’s a festering infection growing, and it must be stopped. Arendt’s “banality of evil” is on my mind often lately. People I once respected have let the evil in, and it’s spreading as they give it a microphone and a megaphone. I wonder where I went wrong as well. How could I have so misjudged them?

This is not an academic issue. We’ve seen where this goes. Death and destruction are the final chapters of this book in every version, and in every place it surfaces. I fear we are running out of time. I hope I’m wrong.

Have you ever really stopped to think about this?

Many of the people sent to run our government already come from money, power, or privilege. They stand before everyday Americans, look us straight in the eye, and say whatever needs to be said to win our trust. We, the so-called “deplorables,” put them there hoping they will fight for our well-being, defend our interests, and remember who sent them.

But once they get comfortable in office, everything changes. The longer they stay, the more they are surrounded by lobbyists, insiders, donors, and career politicians who teach them how the game is really played. Before long, they stop thinking like representatives of the people and start acting like protectors of the system.

Then the money starts talking. Influence starts paying. Power becomes addictive. And the very people who elected them become little more than background noise. We are ignored, talked down to, taxed, regulated, and manipulated while they enrich themselves, protect each other, ...