Michael Brendan Dougherty

Some of our responses to the pandemic and other crises echo the flagellant movement of the 14th century.

Increased funding has been key to the decades-long drop in our violent-crime rates.

Yesterday was the anniversary of his death by suicide. His model of curiosity and generosity is disappearing from the world when we need it.

Apparently, the social-distancing guidelines that were a matter of life and death yesterday can be disregarded today — for the right cause.