We live in a stupid time. We are led by stupid people. I ask myself if there was a time when we could afford to be led by stupid people, and I can’t come up with a sufficient answer. Perhaps the closest we have come to tearing it all down was in the Nixon administration. Brazen flouting of the law was the theme though our checks and balances actually functioned. Congressional hearings, subpoenas, the press, and the conscience and voices of most civil servants still worked. Our country was fighting a never-ending and unpopular war in Vietnam, the military-industrial complex had entrenched itself in policy-making to an extent never seen in our history. Civil rights were still…