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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Our Nation's Dark Hour

 THIS POST IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES



It is a dark hour in the history of this country. President Trump’s wall is being built, brick by invisible brick, and his vision is becoming our reality.
Images of children in cages now amplified by the voice of the majority of our Supreme Court countenancing the most heinous of motives in doublespeak and pretzel-bending logic.
And with the announcement on Wednesday of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s imminent retirement, another seat on this bench will become staunchly conservative, and there is one more reason to be fearful and distressed.
The danger to this country comes not from without but from within. We are inch by inch and day by day abandoning our morality, turning away from the basic principles of a democracy, making Lady Liberty wonder whether she should pack her bags and move back home.

We mourn for those who suffer our indignities. We feel their loss in our hearts. We hear their cries in our sleep.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BALANCE OF POWERS- THEY HAVE ALL TILTED RIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF INJUSTICE

HR

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Anonymous said...

The article appearing this past sunday in the NY Times Magazine, entitled
"All the right people--How one concervative think tank stocked the federal government for the Trump era" is frightening. I hope that the democrats have a think tank that is as organized as the Heritage Foundation. I fear that they don't--RE

Anonymous said...

He’s back!

PM

Anonymous said...

More validation for you to continue expressing your politics through your blog❣️


NL

Anonymous said...

Excellent! Congratulations! You are catching up! Best, Hank

Anonymous said...

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. (sic) Rev. Martin Niemoller