A line from Dalton Trumbo

. . . democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out 
& worn only for parades.
Dalton Trumbo
How can I describe the weather? 
Is it the result of a Maillard reaction
altering the flavor? Or: a classic 
spring set-up, but has arrived earlier

this year? Or: some zany theater this
fall as county prosecutors charge 
federal postmasters with felonies for 
obeying the presidential order to with-

hold delivery of mail ballots to voters?
Our democratic institutions continue to 
erode. The tradwife in the kitchen is a 
low-cost propaganda strategy that por-

trays submission as a free choice. The 
word 'food' appears nowhere in a recipe 
for beef stew. An Australian TV presenter 
says he wore the same suit for 12 months

as part of stunt to highlight sexism & 
nobody noticed. But where was his 
manbun? We reach for the toast, drizzle
on the honey. Nothing is inevitable.