Initially, I totally cringed at the thought of the neocons back in charge of foreign policy, if indeed they ever left. But I am becoming less nervous about that part because of their apparent ineptitude, at least compared to Putin.

As you are fond of saying: they are very smart, just not very clever. That's probably not an exact quote, but you've driven that point home well with me. Here's to hoping it is very true.

Glad to hear you made it through Irma without much of a hitch.