Whatever else happens within the current global order and this new American presidency, I hope it gets us further, whether it be by diplomacy or force, from a nuclear war.

Nuclear war would ruin every ones day, even the rich and powerful, the ayatollahs, and the boy=god dictators. They'd have to spend whatever life they'd have left in bunkers, running short on caviar and champagne.

So I tell my adult children not to sweat the small stuff and not to fuss too much about which political party is supposedly in control. Just hope and pray we continue to avoid "Armageddon".

I spent my 19th birthday at an end=of=the=world party at the height of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. I remember how sweet it was to walk on the beach that Sunday morning with my friends and find the world we knew was still here.