The Last Word

Yes, I think the election season is a disastrously overlong distraction. If people’s interest in it can be used to get them to ask their heroes to lead on important matters — such as asking Bernie Sanders to rally the Senate for the Iran agreement or against the TPP — then that’s a nice silver lining. If people want to get drunk watching Republicans debate rather than some other poorly conceived tragicomedy on TV, what do I care?

Okay, you've been assigned to read all of them this weekend, but if you can't bring yourself to that level (not blaming you), as least try this short essay by David Swanson.

Makes a world of sense to me.


TS