I’ll start with a Theodore Roosevelt quote:

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

This is my foremost foray into “the arena.”  Perhaps many will say that a political blog is not actually an ” in the arena” activity.  They may be right, but I have to start somewhere.  And here is where it starts.

I welcome your comments as I opine (and, possibly, refine) my political thoughts and views.

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