Even with all the fear and loathing directed toward defeating Trump in five months, there is much to be optimistic about.
The good news is we have learned a lot about COVID-19 and how to live with it – not so much from health care bureaucrats or Gov. Cuomo, but from living, actual, real-time data. The media’s ability to manipulate us has waned, and America is ready to get back to being America, in spite of the small risks.
It was nice to go out to a restaurant for dinner the other day. It was the first meal in four months that I had eaten with my pants on.
And it was a welcome sight to see golf and NASCAR, the two whitest sports ever, back on TV. Even without fans, this is a great first step. Leadership in reopening various sports is what it will take to get us back to normal. With sports gone, the “circuses” part of the “bread and circuses” politicians’ need to keep citizens at bay and not outraged about politics has been missing. They are afraid that, without sports to distract us, we might pay attention to their horrific handling of our tax dollars.
While not, in my view, a sport, NASCAR did open – but not without some controversy and politics. With their Southern roots, NASCAR fans often waved Confederate flags. But now NASCAR has banned the Stars and Bars. However, Trump is leading in the polls in any state where you still can buy a Confederate flag shot glass in a gift shop.