Letter: There is a gift in the garbage of this administration

My formative years were the late ’60s, so I care deeply about my country while feeling completely free to criticize it, protest its government and speak truth to power. These days I move between anger, anxiety and angst.The bright spot in the deeply disturbing morass of corruption and chaos of the Trump era is the civic engagement of ordinary Americans.I am particularly proud of 25 friends — a group, like others, that has met over the past two years at my home. Cumulatively, we have