A bipartisan commission paints a devastating picture of political failure, strategic inadequacy, and growing American weakness.
Instead of healing racial tensions, it threatens to raise false expectations of big payouts and provoke resentments.
Our history suggests that seasons of assassination stand out as times when citizens lose confidence in the ability of democratic institutions to resolve disputes.
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