Let me start by saying that it's good to be back. I have been taking some time off as I am often prone to do. I follow so many great political thinkers and writers who are absolutely prolific with their output of content and I am always so impressed with the quality some of them sustain, but I have never had that kind of ability. If you are someone who has visited my site before you may know that my content comes slowly, but I hope you find my opinions to be well formed and reasonable. When I write in this space, I don’t really set out for you dear reader. This blog is a selfish endeavor where I am simply putting my thoughts down on current political issues I feel are worth commenting on. It's the same when I record a video, podcast or write a poem. With all this being said, I think it is high time I take once again to the keyboard to say a few words about the current state of everything, so here it goes.

I think a contributing factor to why I haven’t been writing more is the pacing of the news cycle. Let me explain. All of the many topics I am most interested in writing about tend to be more macro concerns. I am fascinated currently as the sitting president of the United States is combating what I and many others around the country clearly can see is a blatant conspiracy theory, constructed by the intelligence community with the assistance of controlled media, that paints Trump as an agent of Russia. This has gone on far longer than anyone has wanted it to, clearly. If you are a subscriber to this belief that the Kremlin is in control of US politics, it was your hope Trump would have been removed and exposed a long time ago. If you are like me, you were certain the nation would wake up and arrive at the realization that it had once again been had by bad actors in its intelligence community and political system. Sadly, neither is the case and instead, two years into what I consider to be a wildly successful first term in office for president Trump, we are still arguing back and forth over the most basic questions surrounding this nightmare, like ‘What did Russia do specifically?’ and ‘How is Trump even involved?’

I guess what I am trying to say is that I got tired of the same nonsense and a part of me honestly believed that by taking some time off I could jump back into the fray once we (America) had a clearer picture of the truth of our reality. This hasn’t really happened. Well, actually it kind of has, but not in a way that has yet to move the needle and sway public opinion to one side or another. In fact, both sides have traded narrative blows with one another, back and forth through combating headlines. Of course, this is all spectacle. Anyone out there with any familiarity with my beliefs at all knows how I interpret these things. The big headlines that grab the nation's attention from day to day, while important, are almost always worth ignoring. Not completely, but the following hysteria, the endless hot takes, the predictions of doom for one side or another; don't listen to it.