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Day 1,653: gerontocracy, on the stump
Ms Harris has the advantage of not being old, though it says something about the Democratic Party’s gerontocracy that she will be 60 in November and is considered youthful.
Unfortunately she has proven to be a poor communicator, a disadvantage in office as well as on the stump.
Artwork of the day
Uprooted stumps under the snow
Ivan ShishkinOriginal Title:Выкорчеванные пни под снегомStyle:RealismGenre:sketch and study
Word of the day
gerontocracy: rule by elders
stump: the part of something such as a tree, tooth, arm, or leg that is left after most of it has been removed:
on the stump: (of a politician) travelling around an area giving speeches and trying to get political support:
Quote of the day
“it is for the elder man to rule and for the younger to submit”
― Plato
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