{"id":16076,"date":"2021-10-09T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=16076"},"modified":"2021-10-03T11:49:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T18:49:51","slug":"choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=16076","title":{"rendered":"Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/119A75CD-1E5F-4B80-98CD-AA73AB3DB3A1_1_105_c.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=16077\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/119A75CD-1E5F-4B80-98CD-AA73AB3DB3A1_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1630172600&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00031201248049922&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"119A75CD-1E5F-4B80-98CD-AA73AB3DB3A1_1_105_c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/119A75CD-1E5F-4B80-98CD-AA73AB3DB3A1_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/119A75CD-1E5F-4B80-98CD-AA73AB3DB3A1_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=583%2C437&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16077\" width=\"583\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/119A75CD-1E5F-4B80-98CD-AA73AB3DB3A1_1_105_c.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/119A75CD-1E5F-4B80-98CD-AA73AB3DB3A1_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/119A75CD-1E5F-4B80-98CD-AA73AB3DB3A1_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The real choices we face are between competing suboptimal solutions. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>There is not a magic bullet that will solve all of America\u2019s problems.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thinking that our &#8220;problems&#8221; can be &#8220;solved&#8221; raises false expectations. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Expectations that will always lead to disappointment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo is an oak tree in Red Bluff Ca in the haze from a distant forest fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The real choices we face are between competing suboptimal solutions. 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