Lunching With Stuart On A Brisk January Afternoon

I drove out to west suburban Lakewood from my condo here in Denver yesterday afternoon to have a late lunch with my friend Stuart at the Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom. Although the big trades and signings the White Sox and Cubs have made during baseball's off-season came up in conversation, we devoted most of the time discussing the failure of the Republicans in Congress to elect a new speaker. Evidently the right-wing MAGA crazies are being prevented from electing Kevin McCarthy speaker by the even crazier, burn it all down, far far far right-wingers. And how will it all end? I don't know, but as Paul Krugman said in an opinion piece yesterday, prospects don't look good. And by the way, I took the photograph above of Stuart as we were leaving Old Chicago. The high temperature yesterday was allegedly a balmy 30 degrees, but as you can see, that pleasant temperature did not lure dinners to the outside patio. Go figure.