Not long ago, I saw and heard (on television) the anguished yet determined report of a mother whose soldier-son was killed in a far-off ambush in Afghanistan.  The news media, which drowns us with equal parts information and hyperbole, was trying to extract a statement from her—a woman reeling from fresh grief—about whether or not the current president had phoned her.  (He hadn’t.) We absolutely do not feel personally safe in the current national environment.  With painful dignity and uncommon nobility, this poor lady simply stated:  “I don’t care if I hear from the White House or not.  I just want my...