NOV 9, guest editorial, and other thoughts on "the election"

a) Review of material posted on November 9 in previous years ...

2020: old world palindromes, #2 (wordplay)  
2021: magical palindromes, Pa's as selfless ... (wordplay)

2022: patients and maladies, hemorrhoid (poem) 
2023: birdlore, cardinal in the rain (live-action photo)

To access the details of any item in slide format, type its title, as displayed above in red font (e.g. ... hemorrhoid), into one of the two search bars at the the top of your blog-page. Underneath the slide(s) for each entertaining delight that you discover, you will find a clickable link that lets you easily explore a more widespread collection of wonderments (verse, photos, wordplay, song-lyrics etc.) on the topic of your choice. 

northern cardinal

b) Today's Offering (Nov 9, 2024):

Mal Abrams', our old friend, recently wrote this Editorial in Bloom Magazine (Bloomington, Indiana), copied here with his kind permission.

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Mal's depressing conclusion:

"President Biden is fond of saying, 'We are better than that. That's not who we are.' when referring to Trump's campaign of fear and loathing. Well, guess what -- in 2024, we are not better than that, and that is exactly who we are."

A follow-up note:

Here's a different and more optimistic take on the situation, discussed in an opinion piece in the Charleston SC, Post and Courier, kindly forwarded by another good friend, Dr. William Wingfield.

Bert Keller, former minister of the Meeting Street Congregational Church in Charleston wrote. ...

https://www.postandcourier.com/health/aging-amateurs-election-losing-gracefully/article_b6bc7fec-a070-11ef-b68b-f30cb6edf0bb.html