Give Yourself Permission to Do the Right Thing

To the Editor:

Perhaps history can forgive those who voted for Trump in 2016.

Trump made many grandiose promises of actions that would shake up the status quo and benefit the common man, steps that certainly have a populist appeal. And previously not having been in the political spotlight, his shady past may not have been well-known by those who are inattentive.

His opponent, Hillary Clinton, had been unfairly and inaccurately characterized for decades; although as a former first lady, U.S. senator, secretary of state, and an authentic intellectual, she may have been one of the most qualified...