How the Tea Party’s nihilistic hatred of government put down roots in American politics — and paved the way for COVID-19 catastrophe

How the Tea Party’s nihilistic hatred of government put down roots in American politics — and paved the way for COVID-19 catastrophe: The catastrophic failure of the United States to prepare itself for the COVID-19 pandemic, and its equally catastrophic failure to mount the kind of 'too late but effective' response to a crisis that has often characterized American history — World War II, most spectacularly — has deep roots in rece