"I can't accept anarchism because I think in anarchy, women, children and minorities wouldn't be adequately protected," said the lady I met at the 1999 statewide feminist summit.

I wonder if she remembers our conversation when she reads about Epstein & Friends, and ICE, and Gaza, and...

Right now, many journalists are crafting biographies of Jeffrey Epstein, which corporate publishers will be unwilling to publish due to the staggering numbers of lawsuits from rich people involved.

tl;dr: We live in a society where, to the rich, all things and people, including all children, are toys, and all laws are jokes.
The Good News? Your basic duty to "be more moral than the society in which you were raised" could not be easier.
The Bad? The duty to end that society could not be clearer.

After many years dreading this moment, I now officially have a diagnosis of arthritis. At least so far it's not in my hands. Oh, and I have fuckin' bone spurs in my knees now. No wonder everything hurts.

Nevertheless.

I'm off to Yoga class.

My daughter was disciplined in school the other day for asking too many questions.

My wife and I were so proud of her.

Welcome to the cognitive dissonance phase of public education, kiddo. You're in a shytstem oriented to prepare you to work at Walmart, regardless of your dharma.