Watch me violate a personal rule.
I seldom talk politics, except with my wife,
who is forbidden from testifying against me
in court. However, I'm impressed by the
recent federal election campaign. So many
citizens moved away from extreme positions
and toward the center on so many issues.
And with all the positives and negatives we
hear about these days, politicians are still
talking about having us all work together to
solve our mutual problems. Shun partisan
conflict, they say. Let's collaborate, debate
all our viewpoints, compromise, and get the
job done well.
Though it doesn't always work out this way
(You hear me, Sacramento?), I like this
approach to resolving problems, whether
they're worldwide, personal, or somewhere in
between. In fact, my personal bias assumes
(hopes, actually) that we always gain more
from cooperating more than we lose by
competing less. Follow that?
