The tenor now is to attack, ridicule society’s compromises, make it personal, and accuse the other side of seeking to destroy America. Onetime House Speaker Newt Gingrich is ceaselessly vicious on right-wing media. Rudy Giuliani responds to prosecutors’ investigations of his dirty tricks by doubling down on Hunter Biden.

“Trump has provoked a debate among legal scholars over whether the once-sacrosanct constitutional protection of free speech has itself become a threat to democracy by enabling the widespread and instantaneous transmission of lies in the service of political gain.”

The Great White North has experienced little of the protest and defiance against COVID-19 measures experienced in “the States.” But that is starting to change.

He went off and wrote a 110-page order – essentially he wrote an entire book – granting the preliminary injunction. In doing so he crafted an initial remedy that goes well beyond what the plaintiffs asked for.

Sometimes it’s the thinnest of membranes that separate us from each other. This came to mind when I was contemplating our dramatic change of...