Great Myths and Election Entertainment

Empty-Nesters
OUZILLY, France – Poor Donald Trump. He has had to apologize for hurt feelings. He has had to reshuffle his campaign team. He has been kicked so often by the press that he is starting to hide behind chairs, like a university president. Here at the Diary, we favor lost causes, diehards, and underdogs. ‘The Donald’ may soon qualify on all three counts.
We will return to the Big Top in a moment… and elaborate on why this year’s presidential election is really a ‘Clash of Myths.’ Meanwhile, nothing much to report from the markets.
Nothing much to report from Ouzilly, either. The last of the family leaves this weekend. Then we will be empty-nesters again. Like parents everywhere, we wonder how much to interfere in the lives of our young adult children.
Say something? Or keep quiet? Offer fatherly advice? Or let them figure it out for themselves? Father tends to be more laissez faire. Mother is more activist, more interventionist. Both want to help. But both are aware that they can’t protect their children from life.
‘Wisdom is the knowledge you need to avoid serious mistakes,’ says father, gravely.
‘Where do you get wisdom?’ asks the son.
‘From making mistakes,’ comes the answer.

This post was published at Acting-Man on August 24, 2016.