Eight weeks minus one day until November 5, but the Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris presidential debate last night gives higher hopes for Democracy in the USA into the future.  Here was the status before the debate: Big (6'3" tall) and boisterous Donald Trump at the left podium.  A veteran of six presidential debates. Demure (5'4") and smiling Kamala Harris at the right podium.  No experience at this level. A former president versus a little known vice-president. What happened? At introduction, Harris went right up to Trump's podium and surprised him with a handshake, introducing herself and saying,  let's have a good debate . Trump seemed uncomfortable and appeared to back off. Trump for nearly one hour and 45 minutes looked angry and stared into empty space or at the moderators. Harris was calm and forceful, many times looking directly at Trump, but mostly staring into the camera when she spoke.  Her body language was superb.  I don't recall Trump, turning...

Politics later.  I first start with something startling.   Hawaii is the best place in the world to watch the total eclipse of the Moon tonight . Starts at 10:02PM Hawaii time, turns blood red at 12:16PM, stays this dark reddish-copper color for 85 minutes, and ends at 3:46AM.  Duration:  5 hours, 42 minutes. And you can watch without wearing any safety glasses, which are required for solar eclipses. You would think that New York, which is now 5 hours ahead of Hawaii, would end at 8:36 AM when the sun would have been up for 2 hours.  But eclipses don't work that way.  For New York: Begins at 3:02 AM. Peaks at 5:59AM. Ends at 6:41AM, with the sun rising just before at 6:35AM Duration:  3 hours, 39 minutes. Thus, Hawaiians will see the whole lunar eclipse longer than anyone else. The next total eclipse will occur on 14March2025. No one won the  Powerball $1.6 billion  Saturday night. You needed to have white balls 28,45,53,56 and 69, plus ...