By Erik Dolson
I wanna know why Democrats can’t believe they aren’t really in the majority.
I wanna know why Republicans surfing Facebook don’t believe in science.
Laurie Linville wanna know who D.B. Cooper really was (is?).
I wanna know if D.B. Cooper lived to spend the money.
I wanna know why so many people oppose a gentle, gradual reduction in the number of … people.
Scott Bobst wanna know where people who are leaving the work force are going.
I wanna know where they got the money for an Uber.
I wanna know why so many Americans have forgotten the importance of “tyranny of the majority.”
I wanna know how an otter found goldfish in my pond at the edge of the high desert.
I wanna know why so many customers and clerks at Sportsman’s Warehouse don’t wear COVID masks.
I wanna know why unvaccinated people don’t automatically go to the back of any healthcare line.
I wanna know if America is on the brink of civil war. And if it is,
I wanna know if my family will be safe.
(All together now! “I wanna know…”)
I wanna know when China will outflank America in renewable and nuclear power.
I wanna know if having the cheapest power will be a game changer in political power. And if it is,
I wanna know if power attracts power to itself. And if it does,
I wanna know if democracy can survive.
I wanna know if the First Amendment is necessarily self destructive in the internet age. And if it is,
I wanna know who will decide what we can say.
I wanna know why Progressives don’t get that censoring “hurtful” speech causes what they want to suppress.
I wanna know why Republicans won’t say why they are terrified of democracy.
I wanna know if there is such a thing as “truth.” And if there is,
I wanna know if it can be recognized.
I wanna know when and where America lost its sense of humor.