Letter: Time to rebuild from scratch

I write in response to an Oct. 6 commentary by Margaret Woolley Busse and to everyone calling on my compatriots and me to “not let ourselves be divided” and that democratic values are what unite us.The reality is that we do not have a shared sense of reality in this country. Has it occurred to you that our entire framework of shared meaning is well past due for a reckoning?Considering that nations like North Korea refer to themselves as “democratic republics,” considering