North Esterly Avenue, from Main Street to Starin Park, has 18 houses on each side, for a total of 32, or if you like math, 36. Of these, nine have Mary Burke for governor signs on the front lawn, and that makes it Burke-9 and Walker-0. (More math.) I always wanted to live in a neighborhood that kind of jibed with my political sensibilities. Of course we had no idea of the street's political leanings when we moved here. So what is it? Providence? Fate? Luck? Intuition?

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If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are going.

—Chinese proverb

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

—Abba Eban