How the urban-rural divide is at the crux of 2020

Ever heard of The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse? It’s a story about a mouse from a town visiting his relative from the country. The country mouse is depicted as simple and humble, while the town mouse is used to a more luxurious, but often dangerous life. The story is clearly partial toward the country mouse, concluding the story with the aphorism “Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty,” but many would disagree with this story’s moral conclusion.

Take E.B. White, for...