The Art of the Compromise

If “Hamilton” Was Set in 2020
I wanna be in
the Zoom where it happens!
the Zoom where it happens!
In that big ol’ Zoom!

No one really knows how the parties get to yes. The pieces that are sacrificed in ev’ry game of chess. We just assume that it happens, but no one else is in the Zoom where it happens.

(With apologies to Lin Miranda)

A Reader Points Out that I’m not the first one to get this idea: the cast did, too! And a lot sooner than I did. Here’s their fabulous version:

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Randy Cassingham is best known as the creator of This is True®, the oldest entertainment feature on the Internet: it has been running weekly by email subscription since early 1994. It is social commentary using weird news as its vehicle so it’s fun to read. Click here for the site — basic subscriptions are free.


Comments? Sorry: Facebook retired their commenting system (they didn’t even bother to alert me). Just as well, I suppose, but sadly there is no way to recover the many hundreds of comments made on this site. Lesson learned: never rely on someone else’s site for prime functions, especially “social media”!

Since this site is mostly retired now (maximum of one new post per month), I did decide that since all comments are now gone that I would not attempt to install any new commenting system. -rc

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