How Far We’ve Fallen

Here’s yet another sad reminder of where we are as a country, and how degraded we’ve become.  It was just 58 years ago that John F. Kennedy composed these words, representing the tenor of the United States of America as it existed at the time.

Perhaps the most astonishing thing about this is the idea that we perceive (or perceived) that we have a duty to all mankind, i.e., by demonstrating that it’s possible for the individual citizen to govern himself with honor and fairness.

Two main things are different now.  First, very few Americans could care less about the welfare of people in other countries.  Second, and even more important, there is precious little honor and fairness in government.  In 2016, we elected one of the most blatantly dishonest people in the entirety of U.S. history, and tens of millions of us still support him.