A Plea for Civility and Respect for Differing Viewpoints This Election Day

Be assured that this is not a political message on behalf of any candidate. Goodness knows we’ve been bombarded with lies, damned lies and statistics by the leading candidates and their advocates of late, and the last thing our democracy needs is yet another partisan message.

Full disclosure: I am a life-long Republican who has not missed an election since his 18th birthday, including this one. But I could not support either candidate for President this time around for the first time in my li...