When the Constitution Becomes Optional

Senator Angus King sounds the alarm on America’s democratic unraveling — and why conscience, not cowardice, is our last line of defense.

Good evening! —

Today, I had the honor of interviewing Senator Angus King of Maine — one of the few people in Washington who still seems burdened by a conscience.

Our conversation, equal parts bleak and bracing, revolved around the slow-motion demolition derby otherwise known as American democracy.