Why we need lament: because no matter the bitter partisanship we have devolved to, we are nearing 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus. These are lives lost. Young to old. Poor to rich. Across all ethnic lines. These are lives to remember. These represent families with deep loss in this time of pandemic.

The New York Times put the names of those lost on their front page this weekend. We lament lives lost. We lament with the families who remain.

Eternal memory.