The article highlights the problem of institutional rot within the United Nations (UN), focusing on the recent firing of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employees accused of participating in a Hamas terror attack.

Claudine Gay, the first Black woman to serve as president of Harvard, has resigned following controversy over her testimony on campus antisemitism policies.

The author explores the concept of "brokenism," the belief that institutions and societies can decay and become irrelevant.