The author of a newspaper column I regularly read often begins his column with “Things I know and things I think I know.”

If I were to attach a title to this week’s column it would be “Things I don’t understand.”

Saturday morning I received a telephone call apparently sponsored by one of the national political parties. The caller indicated she was taking a public opinion poll and wanted to ask Roy Blauvelt a few questions. I responded by saying he was not available.

She wouldn’t settle for me telling her my father was not available. She was determined she must talk with hi...