After a successful career as a troubleshooter for high-level corporate design and advertising issues, I sought to work more directly on the relevant problems of the world.
As you know, this is a humbling and difficult endeavor—and then COVID balled all issues into one.
I began writing a COVID series of posts in preparation for publishing this blog. I worked up to 100 posts, prior to publication, and I am excited to finally share them with you now.
They will be released in a weekly series of archival posts, along with new contemporary discussions.
Which brings us to the elephant in the room.
The more I delved into the issues of COVID, and explored the outlines of environmental and social issues, I realized that the one entity in the way of all potential progress was the current political administration.
They have become so radical and aggressive in their actions (increasingly so, if that is even possible), that I knew I must address them directly.
I didn’t intend this effort to become so political, but the politics of this administration have steadily guided my hand.
And so, I write thoughtfully about the Orange One.
I am afraid the most important effort we can make this year is to peacefully vote the current administration out of the White House, as well as their astonishingly craven and morally bankrupt enablers in the Senate. I say this with a heavy heart. Even with special interests, everyone is supposed to work for everyone else—not solely for themselves.
There are much more productive projects to engage in for the planet, than having to vote out a malignant administration.
Now, ending that malignancy is the most important effort you can make: domestically, globally, and historically.
It’s a forced error and we must correct it.
Vote, vote, and vote again. (Not in the same election, of course: just...keep on voting.)
Our vote is a miraculous experience, resonating—in one instant—both locally and globally, touching more people than we’ll ever know.
Once we vote and reestablish some semblance of balance, we can get on with what is truly important—addressing and mitigating global climate change and other forms of environmental degradation.
Our lives depend on it—certainly, the quality of our lives—but to complain about the discomfort of the temperature in a room that is burning is the height of folly—something we, unfortunately, are all too eager to do.
Face it.
We aren’t doing anything about climate change. Oh, at least we have eyes on the problem, but our economic reason for being is on a collision course with disaster and our best efforts to prevent it are tragically exemplified by the current regressive administration.
It is remarkable, and resolutely sobering, to understand that collectively, this is the best we could do. It earns a resounding F minus.
“Everything” else is much more important than this environmental reality that affects “everything”. When the Orange One is gone, we’ll have a great deal of healing to do.
With a functioning Congress, we can focus on what truly matters. What matters most is not returning to the oblivious way we functioned in the past, but to learn from this massive global crisis and refashion a world that emphasizes the preservation of life and health and a sustainable economy.
They go hand in hand.
We will have to listen, reflect, and care, as never before.
There will be a surfeit of fear. There will be the gnashing of teeth and the tearing of hair, but when the tantrums subside, I hope we find the will to seek blue skies and clear horizons.
The alternative is too horrible to accept, and in any case, what are we here for if not to do better...and to heal the world?
(I know we can do this.)
I‘ve started my journey. I hope you’ll join me.
Together, we can begin.