Word is, the speech is not a total disaster, and he actually reads off the teleprompter and doesn’t veer into conspiracy theories, racial bigotry, bragging about his penis, dissembling about his fraudulent businesses, or calling women dogs or pigs. How presidential! I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, so let’s watch it now together. He starts speaking at 54:20.

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...