I wanna divorce!

The temptation to leave any union for the imagined greener pastures

Jim and Sara Nuttle illustration from “America’s New Map” (and yes, that is my Easter Egg ode to my favorite former Milwaukee Buck, Jrue Holiday)

You hear the argument all the time: This isn’t the America I grew up in. I don’t recognize this America anymore. And the most feverish: We Whites are being replaced!

With all that sentiment churning, it’s no surprise that talk of divorce is in the air.

See this intriguing Newsweek piece (h/t Liz Gaither) highlighting the undercurrent of going-it-alone-ism in the US right now.

There are so many ways to slice this one, so let’s begin.