Browsing: a shared claim to joy. That may not make the front page. But it marks a quiet unraveling. Because a society that denies beauty to the many and reserves it for the few has lost part of its soul.

        For decades, I’ve returned to Truro, Massachusetts, drawn by some of the most breathtaking vistas on Cape Cod. I never tire of biking through the dunes, hiking the sandy bluffs of the National Seashore, or watching the sun rise over the tidal flats.