First things first.
A very Merry Christmas to all of you. Thank you for your readership. Thank you for caring. We don’t always agree, and it would be scary if we did. But we need an involved community and appropriate forums, including print, like never before. Let’s just have each other’s backs and not accept the unacceptable. We’re existentially threatened. All (left) hands on deck.
The good news is that the good guys still outnumber the bad guys, but it’s not good enough if too few care enough to vote responsibly.
So, what do we want for Christmas?
How about a diverse, seriously-democratic electorate that is demanding, committed and caring–not lazy, uninformed and easily pandered to. Is that too much to ask for, Santa?