Hope is strong early in every new President’s first term. It is a time of great expectations. This is the triumph of hope over experience. Before the hoped-for day of deliverance on January 20 at high noon, there is a two-month transition period. The dark night of the incumbent Administration is expected to recede in the brightness of a new dawn. This calls forth exuberant editorials by members of the victors’ party. Consider this forecast by Thomas Kostigan, who writes the “Ethics Monitor” on Market Watch. We know that we must protect our planet to protect ourselves and our future. … Continue reading The Presidential Transition Hoax