This is very good for a democracy. Nothing but high drama would get us engaged like this, so a comforting balance to outrage is the understanding of the usefulness of the situation. Rather than grieve for what is destroying America's image, let's see the bigger perspective, where this is helping us evolve as what we are destined to be.
Humanity is on a long journey of learning itself.
We no longer engage in slavery as an acceptable practice. In my lifetime, the whistle has been blown on women's subjugation. We need work now on becoming a One Life, where we live from compassion rather than greed. We can do that work in this public engagement, hammering out new understandings about who we are and what we are to do. Bearing in mind that the truth shall set us free, and that every cloud has a silver lining, let's appreciate this drama that's unfolding for the good that can come of it.