There’s hope and it lies with the next generation(s.) Obama, in his farewell speech, had urged young  people to get politically involved. They’re doing it, clearly. The link below introduces the youngest city council member in Texas, in fact two of them on a Board of five.

Generally I just needed an excuse to pull up some archival photos of children who are clear eyed and serious. It makes you happy simply looking at them. Well, it makes me happy. (I did have consent to photograph them.)

For today, then, I am putting faith in the future.

This Texas City Just Elected the Youngest City Council Member in the State

Here are some thoughts why there is no reason to be pessimistic – and in any event I could no resist posting a link to an article that contains a sentence like this: Millennials value authenticity over presentation, which explains why so many of them are willing to come out for politicians who look like geography teachers.  

http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2017/05/a-generation-for-itself-millennials-and-the-new-old-left.html