Many Americans are so hooked on the flashing pleasures of smartphone use that they barely register the risks their distraction poses to themselves and others.
President Donald Trump's tiny base of coal workers finds itself in the undignified position of trying to push a product on a nation that no longer wants it.
Elections have consequences, my Trump-approving friends keep telling me. I couldn't agree more. And we would also agree on this: Those who voted for Trump should own the consequences.
Donald Trump's roundup of undocumented immigrants is cruel and racist in its execution. But that doesn't give Democrats a free pass to fudge on the issue of illegal immigration.
Perhaps the media should alter their own traditions in accordance with the changing times. They don't have to obsess over every dumb thing the president-elect says.
How we show ourselves to the public really does contain meaning. "Jackie" offers a reminder that mannerly appearance and behavior can be used in the service of power.