A Covid Drama in Two Acts
Shot: R.R. Reno, "Phobos and Deimos," First Things, June 2020.
Chaser: David A Graham, "The Class War Over Social Distancing," The Atlantic, 15 May 2020.
This has been your occasional reminder -- helpful to all of us, no doubt -- to never completely buy into sweeping narratives about vast classes of people you don't know without making a cursory effort to check whether the narrative bears any relationship to reality.
FULL DISCLOSURE: In Spring 2013, I applied for a job at First Things, which I did not get.