The daily firestorms of our national debate this month have produced clatter in the halls and offices, and clutter in the minds as we duly attend the onboarding of our nation’s new leaders.  Salvos have been fired from both left and right over the heads of the huddled masses here in the middle, and many of us are feeling lost and confused.  If you overhear someone saying ‘Guess what he said today?’ you have no doubt who they’re talking about – Donald Trump.  But regardless of their position on the political spectrum, I’d wager most Americans would attend the conversation with some mixture of curiosity, hope and dread.  If nothing else has been accomplished in the first 40 days of the Trump administration, it is heightened attention to the direction of our national politics.  Continue reading......