Damn democracy! Cursed making history!

This was to be an editorial on the perils of plastic straws. A safe, small topic.

Instead, there is a struggle to remember that there was a meeting of world leaders in Canada, then a NATO Summit, a visit to Great Britain and the critical meeting with Vladimir Putin. This is pushed aside by capital letter tweets meant to intimidate Iran – or divert attention from Justice Department probes into the 2016 presidential campaign.

Now the new news is the president threatens to shut down the government if funding for a wall is not in the budget this fall.

Head spinning troubles. Enough to make o...