The Cupar Way peace wall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is nearly double the height of the Berlin Wall and nearly 50 years old. (Hugh Biggar/The Washington Post)ColumnistWhen I was in college, I took a class on terrorism that covered what are quaintly known in Northern Ireland as the Troubles. Why would anyone be willing to shut down the government over something as dumb as the wall? But by the same token: Why is this a wall that Democrats want to die on? There’s an answer to the wall question, and, as in Northern Ireland, it rests on intangibles.

Source: Washington Post January 11, 2019 19:41 UTC