This posting includes two short essays on our Presidential candidates—one by Thomas Singer on Trump now being in megalomania and MAGAlomania heaven on earth and the other by my very old friend and colleague, Randall Paulsen, who writes on Biden, old age, loss and mourning.
Yes we must grow up. Not sure that the MAGA world can. But it is not grown-up to promote abandoning a position/person when the results of the abandonment leaves us in an even weaker position. It is not grown-up to fall for the media induced echo of incapacity in the face of so much accomplishment. Nor is it grown-up to help promote such a feeding frenzy. While we are always need and are trying to improve, it is also not grown-up to parrot Bleak Speak. It might have been more grown-up to have had a real Democratic primary... But it is grown-up to accept we are where we are and need to go forward with our strongest hand.
Yes we must grow up. Not sure that the MAGA world can. But it is not grown-up to promote abandoning a position/person when the results of the abandonment leaves us in an even weaker position. It is not grown-up to fall for the media induced echo of incapacity in the face of so much accomplishment. Nor is it grown-up to help promote such a feeding frenzy. While we are always need and are trying to improve, it is also not grown-up to parrot Bleak Speak. It might have been more grown-up to have had a real Democratic primary... But it is grown-up to accept we are where we are and need to go forward with our strongest hand.