You can't teach people to write well. Writing well is something God lets you do or declines to let you do.
And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.
Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we're hooked on.
Life is no way to treat an animal.
I'd rather have written "Cheers" than anything I've written.
The champagne was dead. So it goes.