We May Never Know Why

Maybe At 20 You Can Write Well, But I Don't Think You Could Do What I Do. Some Things Have To Happen To You First.

On Television, Journalists Now Routinely Appear On Talk-shows-with-an-attitude Where They Are Encouraged To Say What They Think About Something They May Not Have Finished Thinking About.

The Things We Hate About Ourselves Aren't More Real Than Things We Like About Ourselves.

I Have Never Been Especially Impressed By The Heroics Of People Convinced They Are About To Change The World. I Am More Awed By Those Who Struggle To Make One Small Difference.

I Am A Political Recidivist. An Incorrigible, Repeat Voter. A Career Lever-pusher. My Electoral Rap Sheet Is As Long As Your Arm. Over The Course Of Three Decades, I Have Voted For Presidents And School Board Members. I Have Voted In High Hopes And High Dudgeon. I Have Voted In Favor Of Candidates And Merely Against Their Opponents. I Have Voted For Propositions Written With Such Complexity That I Needed Noam Chomsky To Deconstruct Their Meaning. I Have Been A Single-issue Voter And A Marginal Voter. I Have Even Voted For People Who Ran Unopposed. Hold An Election And I'll Be There.