After Immersing Myself In The Mysteries Of

As A General Proposition, Campaigns Do Not Linger On The Vice Presidential Nominee. When They Have, It's Always Meant Very Bad News For The Ticket. Think Of Spiro Agnew's Foot-in-mouth Disease; Tom Eagleton's Medical History; The Real Estate Holdings Of Geraldine Ferraro's Husband; The Unbearable Lightness Of Dan Quayle; Sarah Palin's Reading List.

This Is Part Of The Involuntary Bargain We Make With The World Just By Being Alive. We Get To Experiences The Splendor Of Nature, The Beauty Of Art, The Balm Of Love And The Sheer Joy Of Existence, Always With The Knowledge That Illness, Injury, Natural Disaster, Or Pure Evil Can End It In An Instant For Ourselves Or Someone We Love.

Men And Women In My Lifetime Have Died Fighting For The Right To Vote: People Like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman And Michael Schwerner, Who Were Murdered While Registering Black Voters In Mississippi In 1964, And Viola Liuzzo, Who Was Murdered By The Ku Klux Klan In 1965 During The Selma March For Voting Rights.

After Immersing Myself In The Mysteries Of The Electoral College For A Novel I Wrote In The '90s, I Came Away Believing That The Case For Scrapping It Is Less Obvious Than I Originally Thought.

Something About Her Eyes Or Voice Has Always Suggested The Hint Of A Free Spirit, Trapped In A Peck And Peck Cage, Dreaming Of Making Rude Noises At Public Gatherings Of Republicans.