The cruelty of compassion without consequences

“Seattle is dying.”
That’s the provocative title of a one-hour documentary written and narrated by Eric Johnson for KOMO TV (ABC-4) in Washington. The program originally aired March 16 and has subsequently gone viral with millions more watching on YouTube and other web platforms.
Ostensibly an investigation into Seattle’s homeless epidemic, Johnson took a bat to a beehive by placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of Seattle’s mayor and City Council; in other wo