What's past is prologue
Good morning, all. Hope you're having a good weekend! The phrase I used as the title of today's post is one I borrowed from Shakespeare, and I think in many ways it's appropriate just now. The other phrase I kept thinking of as I began this post is "those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it." Either one describes where we are. In 2016 a first-time political candidate was elected President of this country and things have not been the same since. People who could have cared less about politics or elections suddenly were motivated to participate in the process and mobilized, thus assuring this candidate's victory. Totally unexpected and unbelievable. The same candidate lost his bid for reelection four years later, losing to a former two-term Vice-President, as an equally large swell of voters, buoyed by a large swath of female and minority voters, voted in large numbers and the previous President was defeated. But not before be attempted...