Monday; August 4
Is life really all that bad? Is our nation at its lowest levels ever? If we were to listen to the nay-sayers, we might feel compelled to believe it but let me see if we can put a bit of a different spin on things. When we start to think about how difficult things are today, let’s remember the early 1860s when is it estimated over half a million Americans died as a result of the Civil War (out of about 30,000,000 citizens). When we hear how tough things are in the United States in this decade, let’s keep in mind the 50,000 Americans who died in Viet Nam in the 20 th Century (which pales in comparison to the 500,000 who died in World Wars I and II). When we are tempted to lament modern society, let’s not forget the 20% jobless rate and the millions of Americans who suffered from poverty and homeless in the Great Depression of the 1930s which included millions of people who were evicted from their homes in 1932 alone. When we become irate at injustice, ...