Alternate Universes

When I started this blog, I thought I was going to have fun parodying the Trump Presidency. But it soon became apparent that the Trump Presidency was too serious to parody. It was not something that you could make fun of, as though it were a harmless prank played on a college roommate. The Trump Presidency was a real decline in civility, rationality, and humanity. It was worse than the debacle we had when we had Richard Nixon as our President. As the days wore on, I found I couldn't joke about the things that Trump was doing to our great country. I realize that others, more talented people than me, were able to mock what Trump was doing, and mock it in a way that highlighted the evil and corrupt things that were going on just below the surface. But I couldn't be one of those people.  I hid from what I regarded as a dive into hypocrisy, deviousness, and criminality. And by the time our country returned to rationality, with the election of Joe Biden, I had forgotten that this blo...

 I noticed that I have not used this blog site for quite a long time. In fact, I got so depressed with the direction our society was moving that I felt like I did not want to participate in social communications. I can't say that things have gotten much better, but maybe, just maybe, they are heading back in a progressive direction. I am upset that so many states are limiting personal freedoms, but I have never believed that progress was a straight line upwards. It's always been two steps forward, one step back. I can accept that, as long as we keep taking two steps forward. I am pleased with the state of the Democratic caucus in the House. I think the party reflects the country as I like to see it -- diverse, allied in general policies, yet willing to tolerate differences in opinion. A party open to compromise. A group of people willing to live by a set of standards that speak to decency, integrity, and honor. So, who knows? Maybe in 2023 I will post more often on this site.