Links: Our mental health crisis; partisan politics; investigation into Trump organization

Links: Our mental health crisis; partisan politics; investigation into Trump organization 

Acknowledging a condition and seeking divine help are essential to victory in coping with mental illness (as well as good medicine). Sacred suffering is nothing to be sad over. It is to be sympathized with. Also, the expression of angst in a confirmation name was unheard of when confirmation occurred in elementary school. Most middle school and high school programs impose obligations before the Sacrament that are properly its fruits, not a requirement for its celebration.

Once Trump is arrested and shown to be a fraud, people will say Donald who? The acid test is whether his congressional supporters pay the price. They did not in 2020 among those who voted for Biden and split their vote. Relatedly, I love New York.

Arizona shows that sanity may be possible in the GOP in the near future. The question is, will this trickle up to leadership or will McConnell decide that letting the Democrats act alone is his path back to leadership. At present, compromise does not yet seem likely on either side. It is not even being considered, even in bipartisan think tanks.

Time has a way of moderating justices, at least some of them. Last summer's 7-2 decisions will become next month's 6-3 decisions. The usual margin on the court is 3-3-3. Ironically, I am surprised that MSW is not celebrating the decision to grant Cert to the State of Mississippi. That it took multiple attempts to get a fourth justice to do this means that Roe is probably safe, and can be considered so for a generation. Especially if Alito or Thomas leave the Court before the case is heard.

We have planned secular stagnation in place until September. If firms raise wages ahead of that time, the economy will grow. If the Fed tries to use higher interest rates to control inflation, bad things will happen, as they did in 1979.

Rachel Maddow and her wife are gear heads. Her story about the new all-electric F-150 was inspiring. She also gave credit where credit was due - and it was not to Biden. I never watch right-wing media. Even exposure drops IQ points and sinks in insidiously, for example, in MSW's comments on cancel culture. I am interested in seeing how they will respond to how the Tragedy of Trump plays out in the courts. Trump has three possible fates: jail, re-election or death by natural causes. He won't be 47 or 48 and I don't think he is even capable of aiding in his own defense.