The World is Watching

Narukawa's AuthaGraph World Map, which he unveiled in 2016, overcomes 2D distortions by angling continents in a way that accurately displays both their relative sizes and the distances between them.

Millions of Americans tuned into the first Presidential debate the evening of September 29, eager to see the two presidential candidates address some of the critical issues facing our country, including the Corona Virus, the flagging economy, the struggles over racial injustice, and the stresses of conducting an election when most people are hesitant to go to the polls and to gather in other public places.  

We were horrified when what transpired from the first moments was a chaotic disgrace of insults, bullying, interruptions,  rudeness, and general unwillingness to follow he rules determined for the debate process.  This has all been dissected on TV, in newspapers and in various forms of social media in the course of the past 24 hours. 

What might be of special interest to Lincoln Democrats and friends is the perspective of some in the international community on this week’s first presidential debate.  Follow this link to read The Guardian’s key takeaways from the debate, its impacts on the American polity, and the implications for the United States’ role in the world. Follow this link to read The Guardian’s OpEd on why the debate represented a bad night for the world.

Onward,

Barbara Slayter and Joan Kimball
Lincoln Democratic Town Committee Co-chairs