Hope
Well, it’s Election Day and we haven’t covered ourselves with glory – Hillary sounded like the meanest mother-in-law on earth yesterday and if Donald Trump ever so much as looks sideways at another blonde he ought to be committed to Bedlam.
If politics is the measurement of our nation’s virtue – we’re up the creek: Our choice is between vanity (Trump) and venality (Hillary) and the only mystery is which one will do the most harm. Our last hope is the separation of powers doctrine which limits how much damage any one politician can do.
On the other hand, the other night, I watched the last game of the World Series. Someone said the average age of the players on the field was 24 years old. Chicago scored. Cleveland fought back. Chicago scored two more runs in the 10th. Cleveland fought back again. But ended up one run short.
Those young men fought hard and clean and never gave up and after it was over there was no bragging and no name-calling.
Looking at the pair of aging ‘baby boomers’ duking it out this election – the future looks bleak. But looking at the young men who battled and won and lost with grace in Cleveland – who can deny there’s hope?
Hope
Well, it’s Election Day and we haven’t covered ourselves with glory – Hillary sounded like the meanest mother-in-law on earth yesterday and if Donald Trump ever so much as looks sideways at another blonde he ought to be committed to Bedlam.
If politics is the measurement of our nation’s virtue – we’re up the creek: Our choice is between vanity (Trump) and venality (Hillary) and the only mystery is which one will do the most harm. Our last hope is the separation of powers doctrine which limits how much damage any one politician can do.
On the other hand, the other night, I watched the last game of the World Series. Someone said the average age of the players on the field was 24 years old. Chicago scored. Cleveland fought back. Chicago scored two more runs in the 10th. Cleveland fought back again. But ended up one run short.
Those young men fought hard and clean and never gave up and after it was over there was no bragging and no name-calling.
Looking at the pair of aging ‘baby boomers’ duking it out this election – the future looks bleak. But looking at the young men who battled and won and lost with grace in Cleveland – who can deny there’s hope?