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I want to take you back to a math class. Remember when we learned to work with fractions? We learned the principle of the common denominator. Only fractions of the same denominator can be added or subtracted. Fractions with different denominators were considered to be like apples and oranges. You cannot add them, you would have to convert them into equivalent them into equivalents.
YVONNE’S TAKE: Leaders caught between the past and the future
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