There are very few things that people on the far left of the political spectrum and those on the far right can agree upon. But one that would receive almost universal support, regardless of belief or affiliation, is there is no place in this country for political violence. Just before the start of Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton, as the salads were still being served, an armed man attempted to burst into the ballroom where President Trump and much of his cabinet were gathered along with the White House press corps and other guests. The Washington Hilton, or rather right outside it, was the site of another act of political violence some 45 years ago. On a gray afternoon in March of 1981, President Ronald Reagan was leaving a gathering of the AFL-CIO when John W. Hinkley Jr. opened fire, wounding Reagan, a Secret Service agent, a D.C. police officer and partially paralyzing White House press secretary James Brady. Fortunately, there was ...