Even the smallest political party vote can make a difference in your jurisdiction?

Just ask Dr. Stein, who walks in the shadow of Ralph Nader.

In east Tennessee, where I grew up, there’s a strong “We Back Coal” coalition, containing both Democratic and Republican believers, that opposes the energy policies of the current presidential administration, as touched on by the The Economist here.

Alas, ’tis more entertainment news, is it not?

On the street, where shoe sole meets pavement, the soul of politics is not as important as getting along while we compete, setting one high-energy developer/entrepreneur’s idea against another, in order to feed, clothe and entertain ourselves and our families.

Where we place the thoughts we call faith and belief is a personal matter.

How we act on those beliefs is a social matter.

Where the personal and social matters clash is what makes storytellers like me get up in the morning.

Speaking of which, I’m back in charge of the Committee.  The previous leader did not work out, putting personal priorities ahead of the Committee’s.  You need not ask what happened to that person — use your imagination.  You wouldn’t want us to kill you just because you wanted to find out, would you?

Call me the Semi-Retired Wandering Wonderer, the wanderer who wonders without a wand as he is wont to do without warts or wind at his back on a whim where he went when he won, the wunderkind.