“Is it just for the moment we live?” The closer we get to the most pathetic election in my 56 years of voting, the more persistentlythe lyrics from the 1960s movie “Alfie” echo in my brain.

When I watched this movie over 40 years ago, as a young mother of three, I was appalled by the subject matter: a young womanizing man who leads a totally selfish life; everything and everyone was used for his own gratification, especially women (single or married).