I Took 8 Months Off From Politics...

After covering the news extensively day-in, day-out for several years in a row, I took 8 months off to write a crime novel

I took a hiatus from news consumption and social media altogether for 8 straight months, and since returning (slowly), I am more surprised than anything. Surprised because almost nothing has changed since I last made content.

Same headlines. Same arguments. Same scandals. Same commentary. Even the same wars.

It is almost as if I never left.

But in the proc…