I’m currently reading The Audacity of Hope by Barrack Obama, and, although I’m less than 100 pages into the book, I find myself filled with just that: hope. There are already several moments where I’ve stopped reading to ponder the powerful message I’ve just read. I’m very late to this book. It’s been published for…
I recently reread Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ so the story has been fresh in my mind as of late. It appears each day brings more chaos and a bizarre feeling that we, the American people, have been transported into some sort of alternative reality where outrageous lies are touted as facts and false stories…
Platitudes and idealistic posturings fail me. The beautiful words of the Declaration of Independence, the poetic re-affirmation of American ideals found on the Statue of Liberty, the uplifting words of our National Anthem, the haunting words of the Gettysburg address uttered over the graves of those who lost their lives in defense of the Union…
Unity: noun, plural unities. oneness of mind, feeling, etc., as among a number of persons;concord, harmony, or agreement. On January 20th, 2017 our country inaugurated its 45th president. Within moments he begun initiating his authoritarian agenda with a complete disregard to the damage he is about to inflict upon the country or even a framework…
United we stand, divided we fall is the mantra I learned growing up in the United States. United as a people we have made it through every curve ball that has been thrown at us and United with allies around the world we have fought back aggression globally through 2 world wars as well as…