A lovely day for an election

I took today off from work. I’ve tried to stay offline as much as possible, because the overload of election news might make my head explode. I will watch the results – however preliminary they are – this evening. But during the day I’ve been avoiding the election, with one significant exception, of course. I’ve […]

‘Twas the night before Election, and all through the house…

Tomorrow is Election Day in the U.S. As with most even-year November elections, there are many federal, state, and local races on the ballot, featuring hundreds of candidates even in a smaller municipality. Of course, most of the attention has been focused on the presidential election, which is also typical. This one is different, though. […]

Two tribes

Two days until Election Day. The election, particularly of the next POTUS, is 2020 in a nutshell: two tribes of people who seem to agree on nothing. Wear a masks vs. masks are a infringement on freedom. Climate change is real and has will have long-term effects on human life on Earth vs. if global […]

Stuck in the middle with me

Clowns to the left of meJokers to the rightHere I amStuck in the middle with you “Stuck In The Middle With You” by Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan, performed by Stealers Wheel I’m a centrist. A fence-sitter. A negotiator and a compromiser. Under “moderate” in the dictionary there’s a nicely-etched portrait of yours truly. Nobody […]