Petting Zoo

The grandest petting zoo in the world is facing fresh, even grander injustices. The storks run the show with little more than a shred of decency; the zebras face occupational backlash for their arrangement of stripes; the minks face the final death throes of annihilation; and, in all, rationality is but a fleeting memory.

Will the petting zoo be able to find its way once more, and earn redemption from a sliding slope? Or, has it been passed by wanton squalor, bitterness, emotionality, and ar...