The little matter of who will be president

You’ve probably noticed that there is a glut of news.

In mid-March, COVID-19 hogged attention. You couldn’t pass people in the street (on your umpteenth walk) without hearing the words “social distancing.” But America always thirsts for what’s new, and by Week 7, both the pandemic and its virtual cocktail parties were getting old. They didn’t disappear entirely, of course, and being cooped up continued to build tension. But 22 million people losing their jobs in April, and other economic catastrophes, took over as the No. 1 topic of interest. When would the economy get back into gear?