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Apparently I want comfort so badly I’m willing to crawl inside a cliché and pull the covers up, which is to say I started watching “The West Wing” the other night.

“TWW’ has been go-to solace for a lot of people during the Trump years, although I’ve been onboard since the pilot aired in 1999. I’ve always been a sucker for stuff like this, details about being backstairs at the White House, the daily activities surrounding the power of the American presidency.

I’ve enjoyed a lot of fiction and memoir about that strange building and what goes on in there, so this was an easy...