Jay Paterno

A wise man once reminded me that we should all root for the success of the country. He also said he’d be happy to have been wrong if the other candidate won and then did great things for the people. With that in mind, there are some serious and some not-so-serious thoughts on the election.

There was a time when no one cared, but the fascination with statistics expanded as they became readily accessible on the internet. Stats have become the final word on how well a unit played or how well coached it is, Jay Paterno writes.

Tuesday morning I had to undergo a root canal. Time in Dr. Eddie Kotary’s office can be good for thought — not exactly Yoga meditation but it works, Jay Paterno writes.

Regardless of party, politicians listen to those who vote. They serve only with the consent of the governed, but only seek the consent of the governed who vote.

Eventually the undecided people in the middle will make up their mind, but increasingly the conventions have less impact than they once did. Republicans and Democrats both run highly scripted conventions, relying on repeating the same talking points over and over.