#CauseForOptimism: Goat Busters!

I admit it: this presidential election cycle has worn me down. I often feel like we're living in a dystopian nightmare sprung to life. So it's wonderful to receive a #CauseForOptimism from a most unlikely place. Thank you, Cubbies!

Let's face it. In a universe where the lovable losers from Wrigley Field can win it all -- where the dreaded curse of the billy goat is finally lifted -- anything is possible. What's the speculative fiction tie-in? Well, of course, the film Back to the Future II was only one year off in its on-screen prediction of the year the Cubs would own the World Series; Marty McFly saw the Cubbies conquer MLB in 2015.

So what's a former resident of Chicago and a "toxic politics burnout" to do in the wake of this sports miracle? Hey, I'm an SF writer. Time to use the imagination and turn dystopia into utopia. Dream along with me, and escape the dreary disillusionment of this endless, dispiriting campaign season...

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