By Sean Fitzpatrick, Crisis Magazine - The fractures in our state of union are palpably and dramatically felt these days—from the domestic trouble of inflated prices at the pump and the supermarket, to pandemic-absurdity fatigue, to midterms poised to do an about-face, to the international tragedy and turmoil looming large with Russia’s appalling invasion of Ukraine. The collapse of the Soviet Union goes on and so does, God bless America, the state of the American union.