Editor, Gazette-Journal: I was kinda out of it the past week—on grandpa duty taking care of granddaughters. Didn’t pay attention to Judge Kavanaugh’s hearing. Now that it’s over, I’m bewildered that not one dad showed up to defend daughters. Got me thinking of the second verse of “Just Cleaning My Gun,” written by Casey Beathard and Marla Cannon-Goodman and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins: “I’m scared to death one day my daughter Is gonna find That teenage boy I used to be That seems to have just one thing on his mind She’s growin’ up so fast It won’t be long before I’ll have to put the fear of God into Some kid at the door Come on in, boy, sit on down And tell me about yourself So you like my daughter, do you now? Yeah, we think she’s something else She’s her daddy’s girl Her mama’s world She deserves respect That’s what she’ll get Ain’t it, s...
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