For the sake of the nation, Mr. President, please bow out

Two news stories this week offer a dire assessment of America’s current political moment. One is a Washington Post report on former President Donald Trump’s vengeful plans to use the federal government to persecute his critics should he return to office — plans that include deploying the U.S. military against American citizens on American soil. The other is a New York Times/Siena College poll that shows this aspiring dictator beating President Joe Biden in next year’s election in five of the six battleground states that Biden narrowly won in 2020. This despite a recovering economy, despite Bid...