
We’ve had enough of them in our history, haven’t we? I wonder what this country might have come to had Facebook or other social media existed in 1968 or thereabouts. Would Kent State have happened or would things have been even worse?

We have to have something to which to cling as our country continues on a turbulent spin that started Jan. 20. We have to hope our democracy can survive the chaos wrought by the deep divisions in our politics — divisions that threaten families, friendships and freedoms we’ve known all our lives. We have to hope the millions who marched in cities across America had an impact on other political leaders who may be able to keep our democracy from becoming an autocracy.