Why America Feels Like a Broken Society

Why the Norms of a Functioning Society Don’t Seem to Exist in America

Image Credit: Mary Lou Uttermohlen

When I think about why America feels like a broken society — feels, as in has the atmosphere, the sense, the culture of one — there’s a story that springs to mind.

My friend K had recently started medical school, in a major American city. She’d take the subway to and from classes, which were held at a major teaching hosp…