Anger is not a plan

When they were little, both my children were perpetual flight risks. They weren't running away from anything in particular, they just liked to go where they wanted and they often didn't bother filing a flight plan before taking off. But they came by it honestly, as I have a long history of devising exit strategies even before I cross any threshold.

- JONATHAN KRONSTADT

This meant that when Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, my first thoughts were of escape. Canada was too cold, New Zealand wouldn't take me, and my stubborn monolingualism eliminated most of the rest of the world. So, against my better judgment, I stayed, and we all got a four-year master class in injustice, corruption, division and a slew of other Trump-amplified societal ills. Now he's back, and this time, those who've decided to challenge him offer governing philosophies every bit as abhorrent as the orange menace himself.