I've always thought that there are nuggets of profound philosophy to be found in classic rock songs. Here's a few samples. I invite you to contribute more.

"You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you just might find you get what you need." - The Rolling Stones

"No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone." Jackson Browne

"Get it while you can." Janice Joplin

"If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with." Crosby, Stills, and Nash

"No one gets out of here alive." Jim Morrison (a book title, not a lyric).

"Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand. Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy." Jackson Browne

"It's not dark yet, but it's getting there." Bob Dylan

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." The Beatles

"Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." Bob Dylan

"All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." Paul Simon

"When ya ain't got nothin', you got nothin' to lose." Bob Dylan

"All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be." Pink Floyd

"Don't think it can't happen just because it hasn't happened yet." Jackson Browne

I purchased Luminar 4, which was recently released, and was initially very impressed. The upgrades from Luminar 3 are amazing. In particular, the sky backgrounds are stunning. The attached photo was generated simply by adding one of the sky backgrounds to my pic of a P51 Mustang. The pic was taken at noon under an overcast sky during a recent air show at Dover AFB.

Having said that, it should be noted that Luminar 4 started to crash within two weeks of install on my MacBook Pro. Now, the program crashes on launch every time I try start it. I've reached out to Skylum, the developer, but have not heard back. There are several comments on the developers Community Board complaining about this very issue.

Once Skylum creates a fix for this issue I believe they will have a great product to offer photographers. In the meantime I will go back to Luminar 3.

I appreciate the optimism, but I don't see a way towards moderation strictly by abolishing the EC, without which there would never have been a unified US anyway. The only road to moderation, I believe, is to also reject EVERY barrier to third, fourth and fifth parties and to also require a majority for a President to be declared. This would necessitate a run-off system, and would greatly increase the influence of centrist thought, should the two major parties fail to moderate.

Imagine a third party that carried, say, 20% of the e*****rate. That party could demand concessions from either, or both, major parties in exchange for endorsing a candidate in the run-off. Imagine the moderation it would bring if some concessions were committee chairs in the House or Senate..... Imagine concessions on tax or immigration policy, on entitlements, on deficits, or on Military spending....

Why should people in sparsely populated rural areas control who gets to be President? Their v**e is more important than the v**e of someone who lives in an urban area? A popular v**e would cause candidates of both parties to campaign everywhere, not just in swing states, because every v**e everywhere would count. A Republican might lose Massachusetts, but any v**es received by him or her from that state would still be important. Likewise a Democrat in Texas. And I think an e******n by popular v**e would help to moderate candidates and might return civil discourse to the e******n.