I used to be optimistic that "it couldn't happen", and then Trump did. So, I will not be sanguine until the effort is dead, dead, extinguished three times, and cold to the touch. Then the work of repairing the damage can begin.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich