Welcome to the Summer of Stupid
Stupid bills, stupid people, and stupid policies are the hallmarks of Summer 2025
T.S. Eliot, in Burnt Norton, the first of his Four Quartets, describes “a place of disaffection” this way:
Neither plenitude nor vacancy. Only a flicker
Over the strained time-ridden faces
Distracted from distraction by distraction
Filled with fancies and empty of meaning
Tumid apathy with no concentration
Men and bits of paper, whirled by…
