"Finally here" - I wonder what percentage of North Americans are relieved that the American election is "finally here". We in Canada likely mistake this for some milestone that the frenetic over-coverage of American politics will lessen somehow. Last week, I mentioned the Quebec Referendum as a cliff-hanger for Canadians, but this event weighs in as much more serious. I wonder what Brexit was like and continues to be like for those living in Great Britain.
My New York Times email this morning has advice on HOW to watch tonight. And who to believe about claims of victory - when during the day, and via what medium. It warned of types of misleading and false information to look out for.
I wondered about what is being said around the world - like the New York Times, news organizations are advising on how to watch the election coverage, with similar cautions.
From an analytical point of view -the one that underlies "finally here" - here's what the Conversation, Canadian edition says:
"While political leaders and policy experts will watch the election through the prism of their strategic interests, most of the world will watch with a more nebulous sense that the fate of the world is somehow at stake. For better or worse, around the globe people tend to view the US through the figure of its president. This is certainly the case with Donald Trump, whose global celebrity has amplified feelings about the US.
The 2020 election symbolically aligns with a paradigm shift in the world order, a disassembling of western and more particularly American dominance. What is at stake here is the idea of the US as the world’s leading nation, an idea that forcefully shaped “the American Century” and is now fast dissolving."
Christmas is an event where you wake up the next morning and there are presents under the tree, a big Christmas dinner, and lots of celebration. I wonder what tomorrow morning will bring us.
Today our picture is the Wisteria Overlook at Rosewood Winery from May 2020.
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