Election done. Declared winner. A speech or two. Some cheering. Some howls of pain and anger. Lots of vitriol on social media on every possible side. Next? What does come next for the US? Whatever comes next, it won’t be easy. The pandemic is still sweeping across the states, and new cases are picking up.…
Last night we saw how a bully, coward and unfit person rams himself into every conversation. The 6 year old in me was ready to take on this schoolyard bully, fists at the ready (thank you, my dear friend AAKH, for your post on FB!). The adult in me is still ready to fight, though…
US culture is failing boys left and right. Parents fail to give their sons the tools to become good men, good partners in relationships, good friends, good parts of their communities. Boys become young men who bully, assault. Boys become men who rape, cheat, lie. Boys become front page news across social media for all the wrong reasons.
The US is not kind to those who cannot ‘pull up by their bootstraps’. The security nets set in place have frayed to the point of breaking under the weight of moneyed interests whose focus is the bottom line
We need a new Declaration, for these times. So, with some apologies to the original, here’s what I propose.
Words To Think By 