We have to learn to compartmentalize political news and keep it separated from our personal life. And we have to be honest with ourselves about our personal li

We have to learn to compartmentalize political news and keep it separated from our personal life. And we have to be honest with ourselves about our personal life. For many of us, and it's probably fair to say most of us here on HN, life is pretty good. But we have to put that statement in perspective to see it that way. Where I live, in the Ozarks, life 100 years ago was pretty tough and even compared to when and where I grew up life is pretty good here right now. In fact it's pretty amazing. Stuff I find here on HN amazes me almost daily.