What Can Trigger America’s Renaissance?
From the 1989 film “Field of Dreams”:The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and that could be again.
– James Earl Jones, as Terence Mann
There is no doubt that America has been “erased and rebuilt” several times.
But what’s going to be required to repair the damage done by Trumpism and all its associated hate and ignorance?
“Field of Dreams” is a great movie, but it takes a real stretch of the imagination to believe that the key here is going to be baseball.
This should be interesting, since the Republicans’ key witness has testified that there is no evidence of any wrongdoing on Biden’s part. I’m just a casual observer, but I would think that would be an important ingredient in an impeachment.
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Anyone who thinks it’s a strong idea environmentally to use electricity from the grid to accelerate the composting of garbage hasn’t studied the matter too carefully.
There is no doubt that the level of corruption in American politics makes it difficult for this nation to make progress, and that’s essentially true regardless of what one thinks of whatever the word “progress” means: universal healthcare, quality public education, clean energy and transportation, the lessening of the wealth chasm between the ultra-rich and the rest of us, etc. The list goes on.
It’s “were in love” (rather than “was in love”), but Ms. Herbers makes an excellent point.
I approve of the guy who wrote, “If you’re drinking Smart Water, it isn’t working.”
As suggested here, attorneys who defend Trump must have certain key characteristics, one of which is a thorough indifference to getting paid.
If we still have an organized civilization here on Earth in the year 2100, it will be interesting to look back and ponder the works of our great leaders. At left is what Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius stood for.
We all hope that “Gen Z” voters will take the political issues seriously, and get to vote in impressive numbers. The expectation is a reasonable one, as, if they remain on the sidelines, it will be they who will inherit a collapsing environment and a deeply degraded democracy, if there is anything left of it at all.
