As an octogenarian who is rounding the club-house turn to the finish line, I am astounded at the behavior of the leader of the free world. Every time he does not get what he wants nor hears what he wants, he responds like the spoiled child he has always been and resorts to name calling and ridicule.

So I was thinking, what if I could go back to my youth, say ten years old in the old Pittsburgh neighborhood, to remember how some would respond to such taunts. To understand what I am about to say, you will need to look up Yiddish interpretation on Wikipedia. Here are some words that come to mind: mamzer, gonif, putz, and schmuck. And that is being kind.

David Clovsky, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

See Full Page