Need to reenergize the idealistic batteries amid today’s complete lunacy in D.C.? Need to feel good about our country again? I suggest watching Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln,’ which I did yesterday when I accidently stumbled upon the flick playing on FXM. It was  just what the doctor ordered: a truly inspiring story of a great man trying to hold together a democracy, end slavery and bring to a close a horrible civil war – all at the same time. … I’ve seen the movie before. It’s great. But it rang truer yesterday. It was quite effective, for a few hours, in getting small people like Kristi Noem, Jacob Frey, Stephen Miller etc. out of mind. It was pure escapism from the smallness of today’s ideological-driven news cycles. It was a brief idealistic antidote to today’s soul-crushing cynicism coming out of Washington. … And I should add: Daniel Day Lewis definitely deserved the Oscar for his performance in ‘Lincoln.’ … Now back to the real world. Sigh.