He was old. A family friend of my husband was a similar age, kept himself in great physical condition, and then just one day a heart issue killed him. Chalk it up to the gerentocracy. Our present system effectively means the Grim Reaper will give many politicians the boot before their constituents do.

Both passable? Like, better than half the state flags out there. A low bar, I know.

Yes, the vitamin flag. But Pocatello, Idaho had a far uglier flag. Both have very nice replacement flags after receiving negative attention.

I know personally, I am much better informed now about the systemic realities around silencing of rape and sexual assault victims. I knew before some, I just know more now. Part of that was just having more life experiences in general, but I also credit Me Too.

Plenty of rape victims take a while to come forward. This is pretty common.