How could one even describe these times? Throughout history we've had eras, ages,

[NRaleighLiberal]

but....I've been struck pretty much speechless over the increasingly insane news. I've started so many posts...but have no idea even what to say.

I suspect we are in the age of - what? - hypocrisy for sure, with a dash of hubris, ignorance (both willful and the normal garden variety type), immorality, patriarchy, polarization, abject greed and disregard (for truth, science, each other)....so many possible adjectives.

We've been saying since that fateful day last year that this can't go on - that things have to settle down, reach some sort of sane equilibrium. then the sun comes up and it gets crazier.

Any thoughts for what we will end up calling this "phase" we find ourselves in (if indeed we can survive it as a species)???

I've got nothing....