In Santa Barbara, I had occasion to use the word decorum for the first time in my life, something this place and its residents embodied and upheld to a high standard.
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My old Vespa and a modern e-bike have roughly the same speed range and the same crash physics and dynamics. One required a license, plates, a helmet, and insurance, and for a rider to be at least 16. The other requires none of it.
Unchecked power, silenced dissent, suppression of facts, and ordinary people sacrificed to one person’s sense of destiny are clearly evident in today’s political landscape.
