The Plexiglass Principle

A term coined by Bill James, who is a pioneer in baseball statistical analysis. From “The Bill James Indicators” page on Fangraphs (https://tht.fangraphs.com/the-bill-james-indicators/):

“Simply put, teams that improve in one season tend to decline in the following year, and vice versa.”

I think that describes, quite accurately, what is happening politically, worldwide, with civil and human rights. There has been an extended period of significant advances, and we are now going through, what will hopefully be, a short period of regression.

Time

Why should Father Time be a father?
Why not an emu, or a mule?
But I am given to understand
That emus make excellent fathers.

And time takes every relevant thing,
Every subversive notion,
Every turn of phrase that dances
On the limits of delight

And places it in a home
Where people wear funny clothes,
The parties are extravagant
And the toilets awkward.

That mule, Time, is undefeated,
They refuse to lose,
Sheer determination pushing stars
From one sky to another.

The jingle jangle replaced by a strange chime,
The dust in the wind blown into a crevasse,
Pressed and reformed into something new
Full of the unforgettable moments

No one remembers.

Why should Father Time be a father?