Rutgers philosophy professor explains how It happens

      "the public's trust

      in public speech .. 

      has disintegrated."

The argument had a grain of irony we expect in a Philosophy seminar, and most of the elegance of detachment required to play the skein out. But that it came on the heels of the best-received (and most condemned) oration of the week, and sought to explain how both these things could be possible, almost spared us the contortions of the candidate, entirely. We glanced, but with that frisson of despair mingled with fear that we had for Willy Loman. It became Friday, and we could pull off at the beach. Just to feel clean, can be very nice.