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thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Some stories in today's news animate us in inverse proportion to the degree that they

affect us directly. Democratic House managers, led by Representative Adam B. Schiff,

opened the presentation of their case for impeachment yesterday. They are accusing President

Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

For many Americans, the Senate trial frustrates us in large part because we can do so little

about the cultural rancour illustrates.

It is our partisan polarization writ large, with the two sides in conflict, while

100 senators sit passively and the nation watches from afar.

If the trial ends as expected, neither side will get what it wants.

The president's supporters will be angry at what they perceive to be an unjust prosecution,

while his opponents will be angry at what they perceive to be an unjust outcome,

each will blame the other, and no one seems to know what to do to change the partisan impasse

in which the country finds itself.

Other stories in the news animate us in direct proportion to the way they affect us directly. The death toll from the

China coronavirus is now at 17. After emerging in a seafood and livestock market in the central

Chinese city of Wuhan, the virus has now spread across China and into the U.S. Last night,

Chinese authorities began working to quarantine Wuhan, sealing off its

highways, public transportation, airport, train station, and long-haul bus hubs. The city is home to

11 million people. It would be the largest city in America. New York City's population is estimated at

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