[Chickensoup]

Up to 20 years from now.

Manufacturing and real estate. Strong sectors thar show softening. Now.

A well educated population. That doesn’t put up with crime and decline.

As I look at the rapidly declining West I really don’t see your issues.

[Night Hides Not]

I was hit with the realization of how bad our educational system is here in the US. My goddaughter teaches 5th grade here in North Texas. When I mentioned the novel Animal Farm, she said she’d never heard of it. As I was briefly explaining the plot, she said “it’s probably on the banned list.”

My next gifts to my 15YO grandson will be Animal Farm and the Grapes of Wrath. He doesn’t get any homework assigned, even in high school.