In the scheme of things, it's minor, but at the same time, it speaks volumes that Harris's team reached out to Beyonce for permission before using the latter's song at a rally.
Nobody loves that Joe Biden is 81. It would be great if he was 35. But you know what I really dislike? Authoritarianism. So I humbly beseech people to get a goddamn grip.
Celebrating our independence from a monarchy while on the brink of a dictatorship feels unsettling. Like when you get a birthday reminder on Facebook for one of your friends who’s dead.
A problem with written history is that the meaning of words changes over time.
"Silly" was Old English "saelig" -- blissful. Then it came to mean holy. Then noble. Then innocent. Then harmless. Then pitiful/weak. Then ignorant. Until reaching its modern meaning of goofy/childish/absurd.
