I have been listening to the radio as I read and write. The voices broadcast from the Capitol rotunda have grown louder, literally and figuratively.
One member of Congress after another opined about whether the President should be impeached, forced to resign—or simply left to serve the last week of his term. A few are diehard Trump loyalists and believe that he didn’t do anything to incite the insurrection; one even tried brought up instances of Democrats challenging results of previous elections. That, of course, is a false equivalency: In each of those cases, including that of Hilary Clinton in 2016, the Democratic candidate conceded.
For the most part, though, one Congress member’s speech repeats points or pleas made by another. Still, I’m having a hard time pulling away. I guess I’d listen to someone reading a telephone directory if it could affect the immediate and far future of this country and world.
I’m going for a ride. The question is, now or later? Should I pull myself away from the drama of the moment and listen to (or watch) it later? Or should I allow to be drawn in and take a ride to “decompress” later—if I still have the energy?
