Gunfire at the White House correspondents’ dinner is another grim sign of our times | Robert Reich

A Washington DC event descending into panic and fear after gunshots is, sadly, of a piece with the chaotic tragedy of our timesFor as long as I can remember, the White House correspondents’ dinner was where the Washington press corps and Washington officials basked in each other’s celebrity.Saturday night’s dinner ended abruptly with gunshots, Secret Service officers screaming at attendees to “get down”, Donald Trump and other officials being rapidly ushered out of the ballroom, plates crashing...