Advice from a small town girl

Gosh. It’s the end of October. The presidential election isn’t until November of next year, and I’m already sick of it.

And that’s not all I’m sick of. I’m really tired of what they’re calling debate.

When I was in high school, I was on the debate team. I don’t know why. I hated debate. Come to think of it, I still do.

But I learned a lot from the standards we were held to. I think the candidates could learn a lot, too.

First, of course, we didn’t get to choose our topics or our position. It was all so long ago, I don’t remember who assigned them, I just remember wondering how on earth I was g...