America's Culture War Over the Border Wall Is Ripping Congress Apart
But before it falls a house divided against itself generates a tremendous amount of political emotion and anger—the kind that stifles measured civic discourse.
That’s a scary thought. And yet clearly Sullivan is correct. As was said of old, a house divided against itself cannot stand.
Robert W. Merry, longtime Washington journalist and publishing executive, is the former editor of The American Conservative and the National Interest. He is the author most recently of President McKinley: Architect of the American Century. Image: Reuters