Sometimes Things Work

* Sometimes Congress actually does pass a budget before the government is shut down.

* Sometimes the cops catch the robbers.

* Sometimes a city government admits it was wrong in enforcing an unconstitutional ordinance without having to be sued to get it to fix its mistake.

* Sometimes the U.S. Supreme Court does the right thing.

It doesn't happen all the time.  But, it happens often enough that I haven't entirely lost faith in "the system."