Oh Lordy, where to start?!
1) So, not having watched television regularly since 1987 (PeeWee’s Playhouse, the rebroadcast of Upstairs, Downstairs on PBS sponsored by the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust*), I barely have an idea who Chris Matthews is and have never seen his little television program. But now he’s “retiring” early as a result of being an Out-of-Touch Old White Man Who Behaves Badly. You’ve heard me say it often enough, and it’s still true: a lady knows when to leave a party, and Chris Matthews was no lady. But at least he’s leaving now.
1a) Pat Robertson is no lady either, but alas, he owns his own network.
2) As I said yesterday, there are many principled choices for non-Trump voters to make in 2020, and I am not criticizing anyone for the choices they make (unless they are Bloomberg or Gabbard), and I expect the same courtesy in return (unless you’ve chosen Bloomberg or Gabbard, and then I guess I deserve what I get). But I will say, this morning it was dispiriting to have to consider which Angry Old White Man to favor. I keep channeling Suzanne Vale in Postcards from the Edge: “Joan, Lana, or you? These are my options?!”
2a) And that is all I am going to say on the subject.
3) I am not Mr. Science - you knew that - but I have a deep respect for Science and scientists, for Intelligence, for Knowledge - and I’m not going to pooh-pooh it out of hand. The way our government is disrespecting Science and scientists is beyond inexcusable. Action must be taken.
*Thank you, Eleanor Naylor Dana and your eponymous Charitable Trust! I will always be grateful for the act of generosity that brought the Bellamy household into my home during graduate school.