From the Editor: When the Constitution Becomes Optional, What Are We?

As both parties fracture and the extremes dominate the headlines, voters are left asking whether anyone still believes in the system they were promised.

Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this article are mine, and mine alone, and do not necessarily reflect the Coffman Chronicle.

Something’s breaking in American politics, but it’s not just the usual gridlock, scandals, or partisan venom. It’s deeper, quieter, harder to measure, but impossible to ignore.

There’s a shift happening beneath the surface …