A Nation on the Brink Last week’s fatal shooting of a left-wing protester in Minneapolis by a federal I.C.E. agent and its subsequent fallout is further evidence of a nation on the brink of civil war. As to who one blames for the tragedy depends on one’s political philosophy. Citizens have a constitutional right to PEACEFULLY protest, what they don’t have a right to do is impede law enforcement. That appears to be what 37-year-old Renee Macklin Good was up to when she was sho