As I begin this posting, I glance at the 2028 U.S. Presidential Election clock and see that we have 104 weeks, 2 days, 9 hours, 29 minutes and 30 seconds left.  So I added this widget to the top of the info column on the right.  Also, this is the 312th day of 2026, with 53 days left for the year. Rather than only bask in this euphoria that came on November 3, or rant about how challenged we remain as a nation, let me suggest a path forward.  After all, the theme of this blog site is Simple Solutions for Planet Earth and Humanity .  The foundation of my thinking can be found in my books on this subject. From a British newspaper, The Guardian : C osts, chaos, corruption”: after almost two years spent relentlessly criticizing Donald Trump for failing to address those three, broad political concerns, Democrats won a monumental return to power in Tuesday’s midterm elections that will give them potent new leverage over the president.   Now the question becomes...