We’re living in post-integrity America

Back during the scandal over his sexual exploitation of an intern, Bill Clinton was pilloried in this space for his moral defects.
To which many liberals responded with derision. Morality? What did that matter? The economy was good, we were at peace and Clinton was hardly the first man to fool around and lie about it. As one reader put it, he was hired to be a president, not a pope.
At the time, that felt like a rationalization. A generation later, it feels like a portent. Indeed, it’s often said we’re living in Post-Fact America but truth is, we are also living in Post-Integrity America.