John Arnett: Being OK with just being OK

I read with great interest the news from Washington that our president was going to cobble up a huge arch to his own glory. If you’ve seen the renderings of it, the so-called “Independence Arch,” it’s just awful.
The current plan calls for it to be about 250 feet tall, 166 feet wide and around 90 feet deep. That height includes a big-winged figure holding up a torch and had a couple of eagles, wings outspread. All the figures are gilded or at least colored gold. The struc