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My daughter embraces respectful dissent and nonconformity. Even in the face of Trump.

My eight year-old daughter, Clara, is no fan of Donald Trump. Ever since she saw a clip of him speaking poorly to Megyn Kelly on CBS Sunday Morning months ago (it seems like years ago), she has despised the man.  Nothing since then has convinced her otherwise. Understandably so. Still, when confronted with a weekly…

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From the mouths of babes…

Clara tells me that she doesn’t like Donald Trump. She says that she heard him say mean things to “a lady named Megyn Kelly” on CBS Sunday Morning. “Megyn asked a question, and Donald Trump started making mean compliments about her.” Then she told me that she doesn’t like Ted Cruz because he’s not nice…

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Megyn Kelly of “the very powerful” Fox News is an expert on Santa Claus according to Megyn Kelly. She’s also despicable, at least based upon her non-apology.

“For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white.” Wow. Though the Santa Claus who I grew up with was white, I have seen more than enough African-American Santas to know that his race is malleable depending upon culture. Regardless of his country of origin and the race of the first Saint Nicholas, …

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