I still feel a lift from the debate, and enjoy repeating these words: Chinese steel, nasty woman, 6-foot portrait. Ha ha ha. But I always feel grateful when a bully gets demoted.

And I thought Hillary’s remarks on abortion were just about perfect. She did not get a chance to mention that late-term ones are very seldom done, but I think she expressed the difficult circumstances of them.

Things in a society can get pretty third-world fast when it is not legal. A relative of mine some generations back died from complications of an illegal procedure, which she resorted to out of poverty and desperation. Her husband was an alcoholic who often disappeared for stretches, and she didn't think she could manage with another child. Recently I'd heard of someone in another country a friend knows, who's dealing with an unwanted pregnancy, and abortion is not legal there except in special cases for danger to the mother, etc. There's no RU486 through legal means either, but some sneaks in and can be found. And there are also international organizations that try to help. With the Zika virus becoming a threat in so many Catholic countries, it's a sad thing.