Commentary
Back in January, I wrote a practical column, that is, a column that, unlike so many opinion columns, actually put forth a simple pragmatic suggestion that, if implemented, would ease partisan tensions and otherwise improve life across the fruited plain.
In brief, I suggested that the next presidential inauguration take place somewhere other than Washington, D.C.
Some people laughed at that suggestion.
Surely, I wasn’t being serious.
On the contrary, although I recognize the novelty of the suggestion, I was entirely serious.
There’s nothing in the Constitution that specifies where that ceremony should take place.
Indeed, the Constitution is gratifyingly quiet about all such details….