What a New Year...

Or, rather, what a train wreck! The tragic losses in Australia - half a billion animals lost for fire... yes, Billion, with a 'B.' And the political community seems not to care. Heaven knows the PTB there are doing little, and the denial of what is happening all around us remains as vociferous as ever.

Then the travesty of impeachment. This problem has so far exceeded what was ever envisioned by the framers of the Constitution that the law has no tools for addressing it. We are discovering what power a president has, and how easily the rule of law can be subverted. The crimes are clear; but what authority can bring the charges, prosecute them, and enforce proper consequences?

And meanwhile, the proven criminal is sitting in his lair, starting a war with a nation with whom we had a treaty, by which they were abiding, for no other reason than...what? Pride? Self-aggrandizement? Self-preservation? Or to serve his masters who are working for our destruction?

The new year is supposed to be full of hope. So far, it has offered little. We must fight. But how?

(I had retired this icon when Obama took office, and Bush was no longer the embarrassment of our nation. Oh, those innocent days...)