Democracy Requires A Certain Relish

You Could Probably Prove, By Judicious Use Of Logarithms And Congruent Triangles, That Real Life Is A Lot More Like Soap Opera Than Most People Will Admit.

I Think Most Of Us Become Nicer As We Get Older, Less Judgmental, Less Full Of Certitude; Life Tends To Knock A Few Corners Of Us As We Go Through. Cancer, Divorce, Teenagers, And Other Plagues Make Us Give Up On Expecting Ourselves - Or Life - To Be Perfect, Which Is A Real Relief.

Naturally, When It Comes To Voting, We In Texas Are Accustomed To Discerning That Fine Hair’s-breadth Worth Of Difference That Makes One Hopeless Dipstick Slightly Less Awful Than The Other. But It Does Raise The Question: Why Bother?

I Have Been Attacked By Rush Limbaugh On The Air, An Experience Somewhat Akin To Being Gummed By A Newt. It Doesn't Actually Hurt, But It Leaves You With Slimy Stuff On Your Ankle.

I Still Believe In Hope - Mostly Because There's No Such Place As Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.