This column wasn't going to be about Dick Kerin. Only now, it is. It is about Dick Kerin, and your responsibility to him on Tuesday. Go to the school or church. Pull the lever.
Voting is an expression of optimism.
It is a gesture of faith. It is giving thanks to Dick Kerin, and to those like him. We're lucky that voting in a free election is a choice. But voting should not be something you do if you feel like it. If you are too jaded or cynical or lazy to do it for yourself, then do it for Dick Kerin.