Good morning, it’s Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, that last full day of the chaotic, problematic presidency of Donald John Trump. The man may yet manage to get himself convicted in a Senate impeachment trial -- after the fact, as it were – but either way his presidency ends tomorrow.
Today is the birthday of several American politicians, past and present, including Jose Aponte Hernandez of Puerto Rico, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill, and incoming Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.
But the birthday I want to linger on is that of Robert E. Lee, born at...