We have some rain right now. I stepped out for a moment intending to water the gardens a bit but discovered it was raining more than I thought. How much we will get I have no idea. The weather people thought less than half an inch.
We have already turned off the broadcast tv. I am sick and tired of The Former Guy and his legal problems. I will watch the news coverage when the verdict for any of the trials come in but otherwise--no. I selected a stack of our own movie re-runs. They will be far more entertaining.
Thomas Zimmer at his Democracy Americana substack has a really good analysis of the current American political dilemma. He asks a very good question: What are we fighting over? He presents a complex story which demands more thought. There are a couple of trends I have read about over the last few years that may complicate things further. First, a rise in the number of people who describe themselves as not affiliated with any religious establishment. And the concomitant decline in those describing themselves as Christian--a decline especially marked among the so called evangelicals. Second, a large number of people are no longer describing themselves with a single racial/ethnic descriptor. The old "black/white/hispanic/Asian/Native American" boxes don't fit people whose parents may be Asian/Black and Hispanic/White or any other combination. Defining both conservatism (what exactly is being conserved) and democracy (who should have a say in the political/economic/social life of the country) will be even more difficult.
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