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...