Cliches exist for a reason. That they’re discouraged for lacking originality holds no bearing on their utility. We say them because they’re true.

Current White House events show us he who has the gold makes the rules. Ignorance is bliss for those with the privilege of ignoring current events. And then there’s bringing a knife to a gun fight — we watched this one through the kitchen window on the night of Oct. 27.

A two-hour-plus standoff between Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies and a man who wouldn’t exit his car during a traffic stop ended with the driver fatally shot when he emerged holding a knife. Sheriff Bob Jonsen has discussed the “numerous attempts” deputies made to reach “a peaceful resolution,” including the use of “several less-lethal tools and projectiles to prevent the

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