Those of us who lived through the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the horrifying assassination of John F. Kennedy remember the aftermath as if it was yesterday. In both cases, as in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, a sense of sadness, depression even, overcame America. People did not smile again for weeks. The country was paralyzed.
And here we are again. After Donald Trump miraculously avoided a sniper’s bullet to the head with no lasting injury, spared by what so many are calling divine providence, July 13, 2024 is now added to the short list of dates that live in infamy. If Trump had not turned his head one second or less before the shots rang out, and in the one direction that would ultimately save his life, we would now be discussing a state funeral and likely bedlam in the streets that would make the…
