• Cultural Commentary,  O, Humanity!

    Dear Press, Give Donald J. Trump a Break Today

    Inauguration Day linked to Election Day The day after the 2016 presidential election, my daughter-in-law met my husband and me at Hobby airport in Houston, where our flight from Lubbock had just landed. She could not stop talking about the presidential election. She was energized and jubilant about the results. “I cannot stop watching TV,” comparing, she said, coverage between networks CNN and Fox. In spite of pundits, polls and media bias, Donald J. Trump won the presidency. The outcome astonished everyone, including her. And me. I had convinced myself Trump could not win. Remember this date, November 8, 2016, I thought. My dog Scout had been put to sleep…