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Many years ago, literary critic Dorothy Parker skewered an unfortunate author with her sharp wit: “This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly,” she said. “It should be thrown with great force!”

That’s how a lot of us feel about this presidential election year, distinguished by an incumbent who is so self-centered, incompetent, and both mentally and morally unsteady that he’s more dangerous than a baby who’s gotten hold of a hammer – demolishing truth, shattering law, smashing rights, trashing the common good, and … well, generally eradicating our people’s egalitarian principles. The worst, most divisive election ever, right?