One morning you will awaken, slide out of bed, shuffle into your bathroom, look in the mirror, and it will shout: “You are getting old!” But there’s a way to stay young.
What did we celebrate? What was the nation heralded in the minds of celebrants? One study showed that only 38 percent of Americans are proud of their country a historic low.
In an age of rage, we must understand that machines and technologies are not sinners, but the humans who use them are. We must ask and answer the question the great psycho-therapist Karl Menninger dared to pose in the 1970s: Whatever became of sin?
As he spoke, I was conjuring all kinds of judgmental thoughts about Alex and sharpening my tongue for a good lashing of this individual. In three years, I would conduct his funeral. but not before wonderful things happened because of that afternoon meeting in my office.
In the absence of sturdy boundaries, liberties deteriorate into anarchy that turns protective walls into imprisoning barriers. When the boundaries become barriers to a high quality of life, they need to come down, but not through a strategy that only releases more chaos on the nation.