A long hiatus
Took some time off from posting, five years constitutes "time off" right? Career flourished a bit, went through some relationships. My life changed, but America largely has not. Somewhat amusing to read my old posts and pick up that tinge of panic and concern over the big liberal scare that was Obama. Turns out, a lot of the fear emanates from ourselves and distorts our reality. Much of what I said never really panned out or if it did, the gravity of the situation ended up so differently as to nullify almost all predictions. Predictions politics and economics as it turns out, is quite difficult. We now live in the age of Trump and there is nothing to celebrate. However the gnashing of teeth from the opposition is as loud and vociferous as was our own between 2008 and 2016. Much of the predictions and concerns remain hyperbolic, as they tend to be in American politics. Sure, there remains a litany of problems in today's administration and their brand of pol