Just how much has politics changed? Read this

I used my print column this week to talk about Nancy Reagan.

The first lady - and her husband - would not exactly exchange Christmas cards with my mother, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat. She was fairly rigid in her beliefs.

But the passing of the former first lady also got me to thinking about how much has changed in politics, in particular how coarse and ugly today's political climate is.

That's not a good thing.

You can read my print column here.