Great News!

As we bob helplessly in the swirling cesspool of political BS and chicanery, there's a ray of hope for those of us wishing for better! I call your attention to this article from last August 19th: Nearly Complete Human Brain Grown in US Lab.

Yes, Dear Readers, according to the article, a professor at a laboratory at Ohio State University has grown a brain equal in maturity to that of a five-week-old fetus, which would make it the intellectual equal of many current members of Congress, supporters of Donald Trump*, and the Tinfoil Hat Brigades. If the experiment continues and results in a fully-developed brain, we may be able to dispense with the expense and the scripted ass-clownery of elections by simply growing the brains we need, or replacing the ones that have gotten lost ...

It can't be any worse than what we have now, could it? And who knows, in time, the price of a new brain might come down to where anyone could afford one ... even for those who continue to support political parties that steadfastly work against their economic interests.

Have a good day. See you tomorrow for September's first collection of Great Moments in Editing. More thoughts then.

Bilbo

* The man memorably described in a wonderful Op-Ed article by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as, "... a last-call candidate who looks good in the boozy dark of political inebriation."