While musing over the inanity of the recent election results, my thoughts digressed to the classic one-liner by comedian Ron White: “You can’t fix stupid.”
The lack of intellectual acumen among the people who continue to vote for liars, thieves, criminals, and incompetents indicates clearly that they have chosen precisely the reflection of their own deficits.
August Salemi
Atascadero
This article appears in Holiday Guide 2018.


a least these sleeze balls have a leader who lives down to their worst fears and paranoia. Trump follows the writings of Goebells more faithfully than Hitler. His followers are sycophants who are steadily drinking the cool aid he has provided at every opportunity.