Examining the sheep’s liver

One of the main takeaways from the conclusion of Robert Mueller’s “Russia investigation” is that the national media — especially the cable TV news networks — are not serving the Republic well.

For nearly two years, commentators and panels convened nightly to pick over the daily dose of “breaking news” from the Mueller investigation, acting for all the world like a coven of Roman Haruspices studying the liver of a sheep to divine the future.

And they were just about as effective.