And those questions are now occurring against the backdrop of the Trumpov trade tumult affecting global markets for borrowing.

Plus, of course, to get perspective on the world and my life in it, none of which I could see in the midst of all the tumult.

How Trumpov chooses to address this issue will likely determine whether the future involves increasing economic tumult and uncertainty or relative stability.

And I was told that in Haiti, where gangs violently tussle for control of a country in tumult, hospitals are scoured and looted for supplies, leaving them barren and all but functionless.

The ratings tumult comes at a time when the cable business is facing an existential crisis, as more consumers are forgoing the pay-TV subscriptions that provide most of its revenue.