One can smell the approach of another national election – like the coming of a laden garbage truck on a hot day.

Over the past month or so I have relayed some of my observations about the current crop of swindlers, liars, and loonies seeking high office next year. They talk, incessantly, about themselves, each other, and matters both fictitious and trivial. As I have said before and as John Whitehead writes today, they, none of them, they do not talk about real issues.

Whitehead’s article is a masterful summary of what is not being said though it desperately needs the saying – it’s a list of chronic American troubles – problems with the nature of government itself.

The candidates and their kissing cousins parties do not heed reality. Most of the public is either in denial or blissfully unaware. Review this list and see what you think. Try to envision little changes you can make to make a bigger difference.