Joe Biden, the former Vice President, kicked off his campaign by mentioning the violence in Charlottesville that started over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee who is in my family tree. My kin, Senator Thomas Hart Benton, is now embroiled in this controversy thanks to Ed Ray and his team of historians at OSU. I did not bring this upon myself. I hold OSU responsible for not looking to see if Benton had relatives who are now in danger. I am in shock. I handle this crisis in many ways. Employing humors is one of them. It is what I do because I suffer from PTSD. I am struggling to keep my newspaper going. I did expect to hear from Ed Ray after I sent him my letter I began composing 3 months ago.

I have never been to Europe. I am going to create a job…