CRISP: Just how dark a day was Jan. 31, after all?
By John M. Crisp, Tribune News Service (TNS) Let’s take a deep breath as we consider the remarkable event that occurred in the U.S. Senate on Jan. 31, when 51 senators voted to conduct a constitutionally obligatory trial of an impeached president without looking at readily available, relevant evidence. How bad was it, really? Was it the day the sky began to fall? Will we someday associate Jan. 31,