Author: Crowhill Report

That he’s bungled American energy policy? That he sounds like he’s got advanced dementia? That he’s been ham-handedly (and dishonestly) attacking a successful and popular governor? That stories about his own (past) sexual abuse issues have started to ease into public consciousness?

Maybe, but the 538 blog has it’s only collection of possible reasons: What’s Behind Biden’s Declining Approval Rating

• It’s normal and expected, given recent experience.
• Could be the twists and turns with Covid.
• Independents have soured on Biden as he’s been revealed not to be the moderate we were told.
• Concerns about the economy.

Those all seem reasonable to me.

I think the bottom line is that we have a new political reality. There’s a percentage that will support a candidate — almost no matter what he does — simply because he’s on “our side,” and we can’t give an inch to those horrible cretins on the other side. The opposite also holds: there’s a percentage who will never support a guy from the other side. That provides both a floor and a ceiling for approval ratings.

• A new review of Eggs are Expensive, Sperm is Cheap.
• From Instapundit: While Mark Milley was reading books about ‘white rage,’ the Taliban were busy plotting to take over Afghanistan.
• Can you believe Tony Bennet is just retiring at 95!

Years ago, I was driving to work, listening to news on the radio. It wasn’t a good signal, and the news and a music station were somewhat on top of each other.

I could hear the days stories, with Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind” playing in the background. It seemed so fitting.

This morning I checked my newsfeed and saw this.

The first story: “Kabul falls to Taliban: Joe Biden, Donald Trump trade blame amid American ignominy”

The second story: “New ‘All Things Must Past’ Reissue Shows the Communal Depth Behind George Harrison’s Masterpiece”

I’m finalizing my latest novel, which some of you have kindly read and reviewed. (It’s been revised substantially.)

The title will be “The Time Device,” and this is my proposed description.

A fit of rage sends Bill down a dark spiral into strange religions, madness, drugs, and a narrow escape from death. A kind hypnotist brings him back from the edge and sets him on a quest to heal the ache in his soul. Through deep meditation he discovers a device that enables him to travel through time and fix the fateful night when he lost the love of his life. But time travel is never simple, and his several attempts to fix the past land him in the middle of a conspiracy of galactic significance.

Would you want to read that book?

I was never very afraid of it — for myself, at least. I’m under 60 and fairly healthy, so the risk was low. Of course I worried about friends and relatives who were at higher risk.

But now I’ve been vaccinated and … I just had it myself.

My wife and I attended an event where several people caught it. Mrs. Crowhill had a fever and some flu symptoms. Not a bad case, but enough that she was under the weather for a few days. My symptoms were slim to none — and nothing worse than I often get simply from mild sinus issues. (I can feel like I’m sick for days after flying in an airplane — just from the change in pressure.)

So now we’re both vaccinated and both have natural immunity. Can’t get much better than that.