America First

Conservative forces in the United States have always sought to separate Americans as a people from those living in the rest of the world.

As we entered the nuclear age, many of our brightest minds pointed out that this was a terribly dangerous and stupid position to take.

Here we are, 75 years later, coming to terms with the fact that nuclear annihilation is no longer the only mass tragedy that can beset humankind; we are faced with a climate emergency that will, if left untreated, render vast regions of the planet uninhabitable.

Dealing with both these challenges require recognizing our common humanity, not “making America great again,” whatever that means.