A headline can be a matchstick. This is about who holds the flame and who refuses to be burned by it. Headlines can be incendiary by design. HOLA! USA certainly knew what it was doing with this one: “Rihanna recruits Elon Musk’s trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, for her Valentine’s Day campaign.” Enough

As is now the norm, there is scarcely a day that passes without some calamitous media barrage tied to the mania surrounding Donald J. Trump. Foreign entanglements. Security escalations. Congressional theater. Healthcare costs climbing beyond reach. Cultural institutions renamed. Sensational files dangled for political titillation. Institutions once regarded as formidable