As I write this, I’m watching Tuesday Night Football in Week 5, and it’s a completely surreal experience. My wife came downstairs, looked at the TV, peered at me with a befuddled look, and said, “What in the world day is it?” Needless to say, in Year 2020 things are weird and not getting normal anytime soon.
Don’t get me wrong: I wish they were “normal," but you won’t find me saying that I wish we could go back to “before.” Back then, we didn’t broadly realize the myriad social issues plaguing our country. Many of us didn’t know that much of the structure of our world is held up solely by optimism that people will do their jobs responsibly.