It’s hard to believe that it has been four years since I wrote the essay below. I wrote it in August of 2012 and never did anything with it. By a strange confluence of events I rediscovered this last month and was amazed to see how relevant this still is today. It actually feels more relevant today than in 2012.
Our leaders in Washington have let us down and placed this country in deep peril. This can be seen in our approval ratings of Congress which have been as low as the teens. We basically have no confidence they are doing their jobs.