Traditional justice certainly matters but national healing matters most currently. This really is not about whether Donald J. Trump merits a pardon or not. It is letting us know what kind of country we want to be going forward. Sometimes the greatest acts of leadership feel insane in the moment but register in retrospect through history’s prism of interventions. Just as Dr. Jenkins remained comfortable and professional in the face of reality; let us not become bitter and resentful at the idea of a pardon of perhaps the most notable and undeserving president in American history. The healing virtue of the process itself will far outweigh any negatives it might engender.
