The events of September 11, 2001 are seared in my memory. On that day, feeling the attack on all that I love, I began to study WHAT IT IS which I cherish so much. I began reading the lives of the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers,... to Rusell Kirk... to Hayek, and lots more. Naievely, I believed this would be a time of Americans deepening their understanding of the American genius. The NYT etc. in their pure ignorance have no desire to understand the reasons America is the exception in the world and in history. But (naievely again) I believe the debate over the Electoral College system can educate us in the core American principles, and how it differs from inferior models such as the EU, France, the Ottomans, etc.
The New York Times does not understand what it is to live in America. Unfortunately the overwhelming majority of Americans don't understand the Electoral College either because basic civics education ceased to be a priority in the schools a long time ago.