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Why I'm voting for the Liar and not the Liar

My son has a best friend named Stanley who's parents were born in Ecuador. One day during this election cycle, at the very impressionable age of 12, Stanley caught wind of the statements made by Trump about immigrants. Stanley's parents are both hard working people and like many immigrants do not speak English that well and Stanley translates much of the time for them.

The Debate Theater

I couldn't watch the whole debate. It only took about 10 minutes before I was hurling curses at both candidates, so it was either turn the TV off or break it.
I think I made the right decision.

On one side you had the status quo candidate, smirking, arrogant, and completely oblivious and indifferent to the suffering of the working class.

Federal Judge in Ohio does the right thing

Judge Algenon Marbley is a US District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio who was appointed to the position by Bill Clinton in 1997.

On Monday Judge Marbley rejected the Highland Local Schools case challenging the DoE rule on treatment of transgender students, ordering a transgender girl to be treated "like the girl she is."

Watching a system fail and wondering about why people are so blind

There have been those who have at least the perception that if Trump wins the "American system of democracy" will be finished. The problem with that is that it is finished whether or not Trump wins.

The widespread blindness to this failure is part of why it is happening. Take this sham election, for example. Want to guess at the number of people who still see it as a demonstration of working democracy?

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