Notes on the Man in Black No matter, though, how good things go, they’ve always got to wait. —Lewis Capaldi, Old Navy Blue More than ever, I try these days to trace the arc of moral justice without the input of state associations. The moral decrepitude of the party in charge of most of the government at this point has made that imperative. Of course, there are many other paths being operationalized and billed as alternatives. Yes, we have emerged from a problematic and uninspiring 20th century and many who should be by classic logical supposition, able to explain the immediate past to Americans, are simply unable to do so without facts of which they have no knowledge. Because of this and in fact due to ignorance, they have been unable to break the propaganda curse and reveal the scoundrels’ playbook, which though exemplified by Project 2025 represents a broader anti-patriotic desire to sell off the country to the highest bidder. This ...