PhotoFor all of her famed competence, Hillary Clinton has also been, from the beginning, something of a stumbler. She stumbles a little, wobbles from side to side, then stumbles again and again, each time moving a bit more erratically. She is, for better or for worse, Iron Woman, who stumbles but never falls — until she does. Sontag warned against conflating physical illness with any kind of mental state. The body politic will be watching closely, knowing that its health, even more than hers, is in need of good care.

Source: New York Times September 12, 2016 18:22 UTC