Catherine Cortez Masto

Simona Halep, Romanian tennis star, after a 4-hour match yesterday at the Australian Open: "the mentally part is really important...I'm always trying to improving myself...is not great, but nothing matters anymore...for sure I will get some chocolate and a nap..." She won the match.

It was fun seeing the Senate come to no deal last night; I watched it on C-SPAN. The US government's now officially shut down. Perhaps it's no great loss. And why are we surprised by the behavoir of our political leaders? The people we elect are dysfunctional people, just like we are.

Mitch McConnell is our very own Benjamin Netanyahu.

On a happier front, we have identified the next President of the United States: Catherine Cortez Masto, US Senator from Nevada. She's accomplished, she's fair, and she knows how to turn a phrase: "I'm fighting for everyone." She used the term three or four times in a short interview on MSNBC. How beautiful is that? "Fighting for everyone." It's breathtakingly beautiful. It's so much better than "Hope and Change" or "Make American Great Again." 

Catherine Cortez Masto for President

Fighting for everyone

Tom, my new friend, a political journalist for over 30-years, won't watch MSNBC. He thinks it's just as bad as Fox News in its own way, and he doesn't watch Fox News. I know what Tom is driving at but I can't quite put my finger on it.