This Isn’t Television

I can see why well-meaning people think bipartisanship is better than partisanship. I can also see why so many cling to a belief in trickle-down economics. In the television world of The West Wing, making concessions and getting along always works, and when the rich get richer they give workers raises and create new jobs for the unemployed.

Bitter Fruit

We’re all assholes in real life. Thank goodness some of us are capable of producing great art in spite of it.