Author Caroline Miller ruminates on dimensions of the mind that shape our views and our morality in a complex world and how fear can endanger our ability to cope with reality.

A woman in her mid-50s, whom I’d known for two decades, recently dropped me from her Facebook circle.  Once an advocate for women’s rights, she acquired a boyfriend, and not long after, I noted changes in the tenor of her remarks.  Each time she defended MAGA values, I countered