How did New Jersey - my home state - go from being the 'Crossroads of the American Revolution' to being implicated in our republic's disease-ridden authoritarian dead-end? With just days to go before the general election the nation is amidst another wave of a once-in-a-century pandemic, with a president who has refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power, even if his opponent gets more votes. This article was originally published by InsiderNJ.