Even in conservative Florida, 12 jurors couldn’t agree on the death penalty for the Parkland killer of 17 young people. They aren’t the Americans who settled a continent and defeated Hitler. Meanwhile in Norway, the killer of 77 young people got the maximum of 21 years and is eligible for parole after serving only 10. They aren’t Vikings anymore, either. Do you ever get the feeling that we are like a car whose engine died on the freeway, but is still going along for a while on its momentum?