Letter to the Editor: What a Relief!

Yes, what a relief it is to be experiencing our two parties holding our nation together… keeping us on our common path… the path that we share… our normative path.
What a relief it is to be experiencing the give and take of our two parties seeking common ground… seeking ways to compromise and to work together for our common good.
What a relief it is to be experiencing our government seeking once again to balance itself between the three branches of government. Remembering that our Founding Fathers designed a government with three distinct branches that needed to work together for our common good: The Executive Branch, The Congressional Branch, and The Courts… whose task it was to keep everything as legally sensible as possible. A remarkable design… to the everlasting credit of our Founding Fathers (ah yes, they were mostly guys back then; noting the remarkable number of ladies who are now in all sorts of leadership positions throughout our nation; I think the Founding Fathers would be proud… especially John Adams).
What a relief it is to be experiencing our states standing up for themselves. Crediting our Founding Fathers with supporting the emerging system of distinct states joining together so as to form our union… and yet, standing as independent decision makers for all of the various local issues which they had to manage… such as elections (yes, the states are responsible for managing our elections). A brilliant set of distinctions.
Ah yes, it has been an imperfect system… but that is the most remarkable thing about it. Imperfect as it is, it has nevertheless been the very best guide that any country has had during these past 250 years… the very best guide to correcting its imbalances and to making sensible adjustments. As for the recent set of elections… I see them as a sensible adjustment.
What a relief it is to be experiencing all of this… all around and about… normative relief.

Thank you.

Bill Daniel
Barbourville, Kentucky