On Being Right and On Being Wrong
Hell was once defined as a place where there is a Starbuck’s on every corner. I guess I live in a sort of a purgatory. While there’s not a Starbuck’s on every corner, they are about a half-mile apart. Sometimes stop at a Starbuck’s for a cup of coffee. If I get there before 10 am I get to hear the local North Shore Tea Party people hold their daily meeting. They hang out on the couches in front of the fireplace after they ask anyone who has previously sat in their meeting place to leave. They are very important people these wealthy North Shore Tea Party types. They sit comfortably speaking at great length about the problems of the world and how to solve them. The first thing they need to do is impeach President Obama, then repeal the Affordable Care Act, stop anyone with a “liberal” bent to not vote, and then pass anti-abortion laws and bring back the death penalty for misdemeanors. They say these things at the top of their lungs, causing their harden...