I was never impressed by people who are so confident in their own wisdom that they fail to recognize the wisdom of others.

My despondency related to the outcome of our last election has convinced me that I was wrong. That does not mean that I am willing to accept that those who voted differently than I were right.

I still feel that I voted correctly and would do so again. However, I must accept that the rest of the country was right when they chose the other candidate. Similarly, I accept that the Yankees lost the World Series and that the New York Jets, well, remain the New York Jets. It’s just the way it is. Sometimes you lose, and sometimes you lose again and again.

This experience has taught me a valuable lesson. No one would accept the lie that the Yankees won the World Series (or had it stolen from them) or that the New York Jets are too good a team to have lost, so, therefore, they won as well.

No one would accept those lies, which makes me wonder if sports trumps (sorry, I did want to leave names out of this piece) politics? I know my teams are more important to me and provide much more enjoyment and even a sense of pride than any politician I voted for or chose not to endorse.

That’s why it will be so much easier for me to abstain from watching cable news but will continue my ardent, if sometimes painful, viewing of everything Yankees and Jets.

I won’t miss watching the meltdown of democracy or the increase in the national debt and waiting for the other felony conviction to drop when we all know it is never going to happen.

There are just too many good books to read, making watching TV news a colossal waste of time, and I don’t have enough time to waste.

So, good night and good luck.