Any time you tackle a subject such as this, it’s imperative to take a breath before writing. But after spending the past seven days inhaling, I think I’m comfortable with this 800-word exhalation.
A few weeks ago, President Trump made a rather astonishing offer to protesting NFL players. He told them that if they pass along cases of people they felt were victims of the criminal-justice system, he would review them and consider pardons.
To think this proposal was anything but a PR move is probably (definitely?) naive. But considering Trump did commute the sentence of drug offender Alice Johnson after meeting with Kim Kardashian this month, it wasn’t something to ignore.