Remembering What to Remember in America
Together, as a nation, Americans have to begin to walk away from violence and its always tragic end, whether in Afghanistan, Iraq or Chicago.
Together, as a nation, Americans have to begin to walk away from violence and its always tragic end, whether in Afghanistan, Iraq or Chicago.
Senators and representatives are vacationing at a critical time for the US.
It finally may be sinking in that there is only one way out of the pandemic: mandated vaccines wherever the authority exists to mandate them, says Larry Beck.
“Normal” and “new normal” are comfort food concepts to spare the already comfortable the discomfort of sacrifice for the common good.
There is so much to do and so few of the institutional components in place to do much of anything.
If Joe Biden is to be transformational, he will need to convince a cynical nation that government is worthy of the trust needed to meet the challenges ahead.
If justice is aspirational, that leaves it for accountability to act as a deterrent to reckless or harmful conduct. It is clear that “justice” isn’t what America has.
White guys on their trains to nowhere and their Republican cohorts are now determined to thwart any Biden administration effort to govern, says Larry Beck.
Americans have to be separated from the cherished notion that they are all good people at heart.
It isn’t just that inequities exist in America — it is that way too many people seem to believe that to be an acceptable norm.
America’s way forward cannot depend on either the cooperation or the acquiescence of Republicans.
America is not done with its turmoil, not by a long shot, and the allure of “normal” can be a prescription for a return to a truly objectionable normal.
Accountability cannot be complete until Donald Trump, his grifter family and his acolytes are driven from our midst.
Too many Americans are unwilling to sacrifice much of anything for the well-being of others.
The pandemic and the political paralysis have put America’s progress genie back in the bottle.
