Nature Is Cold, Wet, Hard And Unforgiving.

Being Nervous, First Of All, Puts You At A Distinct Disadvantage, And If You've Really Prepared And If You've Really Thought Through How To Start The Conversation, Things Start To Fall Into Place. There Are Other Things I Get Nervous About, But Not That.

There Are Systemic, Painful Problems Of Globalization And De-industrialization That Cannot Be Solved With A Phone Call Or A Tweet Or An Angry Speech Or Trying To Isolate The Press And The First Amendment. Sooner Or Later, The Donald Trump Show, Which Is A Projection Of Strength And Authority, Will Have To Deliver To His Voters. And If He Doesn't, In Very Real Terms, If He Can't Supersede A Situation Where A President Cut The Unemployment Rate In Half, If He Can't Do Better, If He Can't Open Factories And All The Rest That He's Promised, Then I Think He's In Trouble.

What I Object To Is Tricking The Reader And Blurring The Lines So That Unsuspecting Readers, Thinking That They Are Getting Something That Is Assigned And Edited By The Editorial Side, Are Getting Something Quite Different. They Are Getting An Advertisement.

I Have To Always Remember, Writing Is Really Hard.

Not All Political Prisoners Are Innocents.