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Analysis: Antidote for an age of impunity

Analysis: Antidote for an age of impunity

Thursday, March 5, 2026
“Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile” — Shakespeare TO ACT with impunity is to act without fear of consequences. Like Richard III, we imagine that we can wound, deflect, distort — and carry on untouched. Ours is an age increasingly tempted...