Constructed to be the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the Eiffel Tower was considered a monstrosity. There was even talk of tearing it down after the exposition.  But today, after seven million people have ridden to the top of the tower, it is the icon of Paris. Just because you do not like something does not mean it has no value. Sometimes, as Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka notes, there are things which are “lawful but awful” and you just have to live with them. Donald Trump is President of the United States, one day the sun will burn out and you must eat your peas if you want dessert.  One man’s poison is another man’s porridge. Incidentally, for decades porridge was the gruel for prisoners in England – so much so that the American expression “doing time” in England was (and may still be) “doing porridge.”