The president selling Tesla's on the White House lawn and the Commerce Sec pumping their shares on Fox News. I guess the theory is if you do it publicly and brazenly, it's not corruption. And if there is no one to define and enforce govt ethics, it's just good business.

Life is short and we withdraw every day from an ever-diminishing balance. What do we spend it on? Loving, laughing, music, family, art, science, and the endless possibilities of something better for those we leave behind seem the most worthwhile to me. Thank you for reading my shout into the void.

As Rome burns, do we fiddle? Do we grab buckets? Do we organize? Do we disintegrate, disengage, disembody? Dispassionately disperse or disappear in disgust? Dissent or disconnect?