Doug Jones defeated an alleged child molester. Even in Alabama, that shouldn`t be a miracle
(LA Times Television)

Commiserating and kvetching with a fellow writer Tuesday night, I confessed that it had been six weeks since my last opinion piece. I hadn´t been sure what to write, but mainly there was the issue of hope. News says, `This is the way things are,` and opinion writing often replies, `This is the...