This whole country appears to be going to Hell in a Handbasket.
There used to be some doubt whether Trump had some psychological condition which made him insensitive to social norms. But he seems to have surrounded himself with similar people, all of whom are perfectly happy to throw the entire USA under the bus, to stretch the meaning of that phrase.
I've contemplated responding to the flood of terrible administrative actions taken by the White House over the last few months, but being retired, I don't any longer have the necessary vigor to address the problems. The election of Mr. Mamdani to the mayorship of New York City seems to be one happy thing to celebrate. Mamdani is due to meet with the prez soon. I sincerely wish we vould securely archive Mr. Mamdani to the Cloud, anticipating a hostile environment at this meeting, but better heads than mine are probably working on the security problem.
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