"No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon."  Mark Twain

 

Avoiding catastrophe is my main hope in this election.  And not just in the usual, long-term sense.  I hope we avoid civil war in the near future.  A chilling poll says 30+ percent of both political affiliations support political violence.

 

Heather Mac Donald has a good point:  President Trump used leftwing tactics in the debate to both smear strict law enforcement and Joe Biden.  That aspect of his debate sucked.  But the President is a package and wishing for different components is silly.

Victor Davis Hanson said, "The new-old leftist aim is not to operate within either the existing parameters of the Constitution as written or the customs and traditions of America—a 150-year-long nine-justice Supreme Court, the Electoral College, a 50-state nation, a Senate filibuster, two senators per state, and a secure border. All are obstructions to the drive for power."  And how.

“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”  -Thomas Jefferson

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/01/political-violence-424157

https://www.manhattan-institute.org/why-trumps-bad-behavior-matters-biden-debate

https://amgreatness.com/2020/09/27/the-progressive-medusa/