Not watching the news. Nope. Not doing that.

On Monday I drove to Newport News, VA, to visit my Uncle Gene, now in his 90s.  I spent most of yesterday with him and came home today.  He is sharp, a hardcore Democrat, and reads probably a book a week.  What he no longer does is watch the news.  Neither do I.  Nor do lots of people I know.  I have quit MSNBC and CNN; Fox was always off-limits.  

I do read the New York Times, but I find I’m skimming the headlines more.  I don’t feel like I can do much about what is happening to this country.  I no longer understand my fellow citizens.  Many of them seem cruel, selfish, and not very bright.  I find what Trump is doing is often petty, destructive of American values, supportive of billionaires, and rewarding to his boot lickers and ass kissers like Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos.  

Maybe I’ll run for the Chairmanship of the Carbon County Democrats.  It might be fun to have a platform.  But right now I am going to read myself to sleep by reading a Michael Connelly novel.