Maybe I've spent too much time lately watching terrible old films.

I know I've spent too much time watching political coverage.

But it hit me this week that the country is not just closing in on the end of a two-year presidential campaign that we've all focused on with frightening intensity.

This whole thing is starting to feel a lot like the climactic death scene at the end of a 1950s monster movie.

I say this with some expertise.

My...