By Forrest Whitman I got an email recently from a reader who threatened me with a lawsuit. He was mad about an article I wrote four years ago which included examples of shock talk from Gov. Davis Waite and President Donald Trump. Waite was the Colorado governor from 1893 till 1895, and was given to making outrageous statements, what we’d call shock talk today. The reader angrily claimed I’d libeled one of his ancestors, Waite. I never intend to hurt anyone with an article. I sent the reader an apology for (possibly) comparing Davis Waite and Donald Trump. Haven’t heard ...
