Thursday's the big day here when we celebrate (that's not the right word) one year since my wise doctor told me to stay home as much as possible, avoid gatherings, wear a mask when I absolutely had to go out and, in general, forget about going to public events that, by and large, weren't going to happen anyway. Day after day after tomorrow, we'll be discussing what one year of quasi-isolation has meant to some of us.
Meanwhile, I see that the new ABC/Ipsos poll says that 68% of Americans approve of the way the Biden Administration has been handling the COVID-19 response. That's amazing because I didn't think you could get 68% of Americans to agree on anything these days.
Here are some things I won't be talking about on this blog. I didn't watch Oprah Winfrey's interview last night with Harry and Meghan. After an unscientific survey of comments on the web this morning, I gather most of you did and wish you hadn't.
I'm not really following the travails of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo but I can say this: These days, when someone in public life is accused of "inappropriate sexual behavior" — a term which can cover a wide range of improprieties — I think there are two things which oughta be considered…
One is whether the alleged offender lacked the self-control and consideration for others to do the alleged deeds. The other is whether they lacked the good judgement to not do those things because they'd get caught and people would demand their resignations and they'd become very ineffective in their jobs and maybe lose them.
I dunno quite what Cuomo did and didn't do to the ladies who've accused him so I don't know how bad it was. But maybe he oughta step down because he was very foolish to do whatever he did. We don't need foolish people in positions of power and he's certainly harmed his ability to get things done in his job.
Then again, this might not be a great time to change leaders and install someone who's going to have to learn on-the-job in the middle of a war.
And lastly for now: I'm also not paying that much attention to what's up with my own governor, Gavin Newsom, whom many wish to recall. I know someone who thinks Newsom should be recalled because he's been too strict with lockdowns and masking mandates, and I know someone who thinks Newsom should be recalled because he hasn't been strict enough.
Again, Newsom did something — attending a public event — that he should have been wise enough not to do. What scares me about the recall effort is that the last time my state recalled its governor, the guy who got the job made everything worse. And there's also that horses-in-midstream question. I think I'll stop thinking about this stuff and go write a comic book.