These days when I get the urge to put something up on this here blog, I often think I can do all of us (myself included) a favor by not making it about this Frankenstein's Monster of an election we're going to have in our lives until November. And then I have trouble thinking of anything else to write about.
I think it will be enormously unhealthy for this country if Donald Trump wins. I also think it will be unhealthy if he loses but does well enough in some states that future politicians think that emulating the guy is the key to winning certain elections in those states. And I also think it will be unhealthy, at least for me, to devote so much attention to this for the next 192 days.
So let's help each other on this. If you've read this blog for any length of time, you are probably aware of my Areas of Expertise. It's a short list and almost everything on it is pretty trivial and meaningless in The Game of Life. Still, I've set up this new e-mail address to solicit questions I can answer on this blog. Some rules…
- Nothing about politics, especially current politics, especially politics involving people named Trump or Hillary.
- Anything you ask via this e-mail address may be quoted by me on this blog. I will mention your name unless you specifically ask me not to.
- There will be no private replies to these questions. I answer them on the blog or not at all.
- And I'm not interested in getting into debates with anyone. Just ask me something you think might prompt me to write something you'd like to read here.
I will still write stuff here about the election because we all have to live with it for many moons. But every time I don't want to, I'll dive into that e-mail folder and fish out something to get all our minds off what everyone is or will be calling The Most Important Election of Your Lifetime. They all seem to be that these days, don't they? Thank you.