Call me naïve, but I am stunned that a majority of voting Americans would willingly put a pathological serial liar, a bald-faced racist and misogynist, a convicted felon, a salad shooter of hatred and fear—and a violent insurrectionist—back into the White House. This man tried to overthrow the government, not four years ago! Words fail. But this much is clear: the next four years are going to be hard times for truth, for science, for women’s rights, for the climate, for compassion for our fellow humans. Spirits must be pretty low in the Ukraine right now; Vladimir Putin is surely celebrating; our international allies must be downing antacids at a feverish rate.
I can find nothing good to say about this, only that those who want a different vision of the world must become more vigilant than ever. I plan to have a strong drink or two tonight. Then start mentally regrouping tomorrow.
I always thought that The Twilight Zone was fiction. Now I’m not so sure. I think that might be where we’re living.
Theodore V Davis
Sounds like you just stumbled into some good story ideas for the last book of your Chaos series. In your “Reefs of Time” and “Crucible of Time,” the ruling circles messing with Bandicut and company seem to have come right out of this sort of thing. Have your drink, if you must, then dissect today’s news for your last Chaos book.
Jeffrey A. Carver
Right you are. In fact, I am doing that. A writer friend and I were just discussing how each one of us is currently writing a Trump-like character. In my case, I wasn’t thinking about it when I started. I just realized later what I was doing.
Trent P
I feel the same. It’s beyond my comprehension.