It is now a little after 11 a.m., Monday morning. I have arisen, done my daily ablutions,made the bed, posted two things on Face Book, taken out the trash, brought in the newspapers, had a bowl of cereal, read the New York Times, done the Sunday L.A. Times crossword, emptied the dishwasher, brought the clean clothes from the basement to the second floor, answered a couple of emails, updated my book inventory, and put some dirty clothes in a bag to take to the laundry. Putting it on paper makes it look like I was pretty busy and that I am clearly very accomplished. But – in real life – where did the morning go? Why did I get so little accomplished?

Take yesterday, for example, as a contrast. Yesterday, by 11 a.m., I had read four complete books. That’s more like it right? Oh, the names of the books (all highly recommended)? (1) The Cat in the Hat, (2) Green Eggs and Ham, (3) One was Johnny, and (4) Hop on Pop. And I read them all in the original English.

I can’t help thinking about Trump’s remarks about suspending the constitution and all laws and regulations so that he can be reinstated as president. It doesn’t surprise me that he said that; nothing he says could possibly surprise me. But, I ask you, what constitutes treason? If a former president saying “get rid of the laws and the constitution and make me your president” isn’t treasonous, what is? And at what point should every Republican politician in the country condemn a former president who says things like that? Haven’t we reached that point? But almost none of them do.

Similarly, how can 70% of white Georgia vote for Herschel Walker for the Senate? That’s what the latest poll I saw showed would happen.

To Hamlet, something was rotten in Denmark. To those of us with any sense, something is rotten in the United States of America. And it seems clear that this rot is being created and abetted by the GOP. How can this be? What the hell has happened?

I’m just an ordinary guy. I said what I think is obvious, but enough of that. Now, I’ll just get back to my regular activities. I’m sure someone else will worry about the state of the planet and the human species. I have to go figure out lunch.