Here’s an interesting piece comparing 2024 to other tumultuous years in U.S. history. As bad as we think things are today, it’s nothing compared to 1968. Nor 1940, for that matter, as war loomed for America and as democracies fell one after another in Europe. I’m not sure about including 1973, but it was indeed a crazy time. I’m a little puzzled why 1860, perhaps the most consequential election year in U.S. history, wasn’t included.

Btw – With all the talk these days of civil war, we’re living in comparatively tame times compared to 1970, when terrorist political bombings were out of control. They weren’t as lethal compared to later terrorist acts, but they were a destabilizing and unnerving constant in America.