“Chronicle of a Death Foretold”

Because titles aren’t subject to copyright, I’m stealing Garcia Marquez’s title from his novella (“Cronica de una Muerte Anunciada” in the Spanish original, the version I read). It seems appropriate to describe the situation in American politics this election year. The American political system is on its deathbed, many factions are responsible for the attempted murder, and I foretold that many times in these pages. Yeah, that’s flagrant pessimism and paranoia. But you know the adage about par...