Earlier this week,   New York Times   columnist David Brooks wrote an op-ed entitled,   The Jan. 6 Committee Has Already Blown It .  I have long followed his editorials, and universally tend to agree with him.  This time, I think he has missed the mark. Essentially, Brooks said that the Committee has a chance to save Democracy, but seems to be distracted by small-minded thinking, like nailing Donald Trump and winning the mid-term elections.  He specifically mentioned that this group has to insure that the confirmation process on 6 January 2025 and 6 January 2029 revert back to those of 2017 and before. Of course Democrats have continuing Democracy as an ultimate goal.  However, to get there you need to ascertain a majority.  The current edge they have in the House and Senate is minimal.  To countermand what is happening in Republican states regarding election day processing and preserve the electoral process you need more Democrats in both chambers. Most political observers, because of

   From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732       1185        246        82 July    22     1205     7128        1293      1120       572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242       835       130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136      1168        82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571       703        85 Nov    25     2304    12025        620       518      118 Dec     30     3880    14748      1224       299      465 Jan      14       4142    15512       1151         189      712                  Feb      3       4005   14265      1209        107     398           10       3432    14043      1357         119     276           16        1787      9799      1088        109     219 Summary:  Not yet ready to say that the pandemic is over, but much of the world is showing declines in new cases and new deaths. LIFE IS A GIFT--EVEN WITH ALZHEIMER'S. That was a tweet