It happened. Barack Obama is our President-Elect. He won so clearly and decisively that nobody can doubt it. I can go to sleep tonight without wondering what will happen to those I love if McCain were to drop dead in a year and leave Sarah Palin as our President. I am more moved and humbled than I can ever remember being about an election ( Read more... )

Pronoia, as nevers has reminded me, is the opposite of paranoia. It is the belief that the universe is out to shower blessings upon you. I'm generally an optimist, so this belief is somewhat less hard for me to maintain than it is for other people. But if I ever needed proof that such a metaphysical alignment was possible, the last two days have ( Read more... )