From the Editor's Desk: What can we learn from 100 million votes?

We were a diverse group, sitting around a long table at a Hanford restaurant after church last Sunday. The conversation was light-hearted. The weather -- tapped to be 103 later that day -- was on everyone's mind. We got an update on a couple who were enjoying a trip to Rome, and a mother who was hoping to close escrow on her new home.