The Misanthrope’s Corner

THE time has come to write about something I have never written about before. I’ve kept silent for three reasons: The story did not fit my usual themes, it had no point when standing alone, and I could not include it in my memoir without arbitrarily switching locales and introducing too many characters with no continuous function.

Now, thanks to Hillary Clinton, my themes have expanded, my story has a point, and switching locales is the latest thing, so I will announce my candidacy for senator from New York and tell you what happened in Watertown.