The Last Eight Days
You are not imagining this, I have actually returned. Why, you ask? We'll save that for a future post. Like just about about every other American of voting age, nothing else seems to matter except the current election. I no longer yell at the TV watching the NFL, but last week's presidential debate resulted in closing the windows on a warm October night else the neighbors get alarmed. There's much at stake this year, and while I am not a man prone to hyperbole, I do believe America is steering into the abyss. Depending on the outcome, we very well face generational impacts to the American Ideal. I have spent many hours trying to understand what makes someone support Trump. Is it financial? Is it populism? Is it the rhetoric? Is it nativism? Is it anti-globalism? Is it the bravado? Is it the Apprentice? I believe it is a mix of all of the above driven by two emotions: Fear and Greed....