Unseasonal

It's a little hard to know what season it is - in this view of the winter lights starting to be put up at Columbia with the leaves just starting to turn, and a student dressed for summer... but also in this moment of political transition. Didn't we just have an election? Didn't we just have a winner? Didn't our vice president-elect invoke the spirits of past and future, and the president-elect the wisdom of Ecclesiastes and of his grandmother? Hasn't he started to form a government, and taken calls from the leaders of our allied nations? The outgoing ogres are up to their old tricks and are likely to make more noise as the spotlight moves decisively from them - but this time their efforts to shock and awe us are doomed to fail. You can lawyer your way to a real estate settlement but you can't stonewall your way to a second elected political term. That said, the inmates are still running the asylum and they're armed. Desperation will only make them more dangerous. Be vigilant.