“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.” This famous aside by Polonius in Act 2, Scene 2 from Shakespeare’s Hamlet clues in the audience that Hamlet’s increasingly irrational behavior may not be insanity, but a feigned act designed to serve a larger purpose.
I’m going to go out on a limb today and suggest that the story of a pet squirrel can help explain the result of this week’s presidential election.
This past weekend, my wife and I attended her life-long friend’s daughter’s wedding. It was a beautiful fall day in Washington—the air was crisp, the leaves that framed the gazebo’s lawn had changed color, the bride was beautiful, and the groom was dashing in his Marine Corps dress blues.