'Too many of our conversations with those of different views are over before they’ve begun.' Photo: by mana5280 on Unsplash.
Thought for the week: Joseph Jones votes for a rethink
‘My triumphalism says as much about my tribalism as it does about any genuine concern for the USA.’
As we went to press, one of the two old men offered up to the US public was still contesting the presidential election result. Nothing wrong with age, of course, though this was not much of a demonstration of the old adage that it brings wisdom. Some were calling it the most important vote in US history, and perhaps I’m not old/wise enough to know. For me, the headline race, and the contenders, said more about the past than the future.