The GENIUS of the BOTH/AND

I heard an interesting statement, which, unfortunately, I can't attribute, or quote properly. But it had to do with the "GENIUS of the Both/And."

In politics, there are a lot of "Either/Or's." "Either" you are conservative, "Or" you are liberal. "Either" you support kicking out all illegal immigrants, "Or" you support amnesty... The list goes on and on, especially in our politically polarized present.

But the real solutions, often devised by simple but wise folk, involves the Genius of the Both/And. With a little perserverance and thought, it is sometimes, SOMETIMES, possible to come up with a BOTH/AND solution. The best of both worlds scenario. Having a cake and eating it too.

Let me hope. And let me hope specifically that, in this and all subsequent generations, we have enough thinkers who persist to the vaunted goal of the BOTH/AND, to the ability to break through the limitations of see-saw alternatives...