Day 1,894: mandate, vice

And, for a party that wants to strengthen democracy, governing is better if its winning mandate contains a programme.

Unless she is clearer about what she wants to do with power, her term will be dominated by campaigning—with all its vices.

Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump. But how would she govern?

Artwork of the day 
No Mandatory Patriotism
Richard_Serra
Date: 1989
Style: Minimalism
Genre: abstract

Word of the day 
mandate: authority to act in a particular way given to a government or a person, esp. as a result of a vote or ruling:
vice: a moral fault or weakness in a person’s character: 

Quote of the day
“Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.”

― Marquis de Sade, Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings