As America reels from the massacre in Pittsburgh this past weekend, This Is Us paid an homage to the city where much of the Dan Fogelman created series takes place. At the end of Tuesday’s “Kamsahamnida” episode on NBC, a titled card went up addressing the murders of 11 people in the Tree of Life synagogue on October 2…

A synagogue massacre. Mail bombs that don't quite blow. Massed migrants closing on the border. The Senate convulsed by high school sex claims against a Supreme Court nominee. As we spiral toward the midterm election from hell, a week from Tuesday, this begins to feel less like partisan politics than a descent into…