Lining Up and Shaking Hands

Thanksgiving 2020: Political Reconciliation

Line up and shake hands. I remember having to do it at the end of every game I played as a kid. Whether we won or lost, at the end of every game we’d have to line up and shake hands. That, on this Thanksgiving 2020, is exactly what I feel the Republicans and Democrats need to do.

Me, myself a Democrat, upon seeing my candidate’s victory I felt a surge of “I told you so” coursing through my veins. But now, as a few days have gone by, I’ve noticed a kind of immoral gloating among my…