Commentary: Reality's comeback
Scott Adams, creator of "Dilbert" and admirer of President Trump, often crows that the presidential election in 2016 "punched a hole in reality."
Adams, a self-styled nihilist, finds the uppercut to truth exciting. Most others find it terrifying. But there is some agreement: The election of a sui generis TV personality to the highest office in the land blackened the eye of American institutions. Whether you consider that a good or a bad thing depends on what you think of those institutions.
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