CHILE, 1973. USA….?????

It was suggested to me by a trusted advisor that I write a short post about the parallels between Chile just before the 1973 coup and our country unto this very hour.
I have mulled the parallels over as I mixed and baked honeycake and then challah today. It seems to me that two and maybe three parallels stand out.
First seems to be that, half a century ago, the democratic forces were caught quite flat-footed. Now, at least some of us (including me, I hope and believe) are doing our damnedest to make sure we are not caught flatfooted. How successful we have been, and still are, remains to be seen. And while we…