we need to defend liberal democracy. professor, i can t quite believe i m saying this but i miss the days when i disagree would bill crystal on policy matters. me too. policy matters so much lake taxation, domestic things. but here we are. and it has been something to watch over the trump years. so many others come out and say no, what the party that we ve been associated with is doing is untenable. your command of history in this arena is far greater than mine. is there anything to compare to this in our past? i can t think of a precedent. i think it took a serious emergency and recognition of more emergency to come. the danger of democracy being in the hands of a party that