Americans are an ignorant, uncommitted, disengaged, poorly informed people. Sorry to say.
And much of the public has a really, really poor memory. It's going to take more than mere grace to get us through this.
I like Peggy when she's not trying to craft a "We are the World" speech and pass it off as an opinion column.
ps... headed to Scottsdale this weekend, taking the sticks. It'll beat the heck out of the 4 deg F we had here this morning.
Really sad, isn't it? It's part of our microwave and television resolution society. Every thing should be resolved by the end of the hour of any TV show, unless it is a --horror of horrors-- a miniseries (which people sometimes cannot even bother to watch the second or third installment because it is too looooooong. (Which, incidentally, could be a big clue that we cannot stay committed to any one thing.) or hitting the popcorn button on the microwave because we don't have the patience to pop it ourselves, the old-fashioned way. How did we ever reheat leftovers before microwaves? I mean really. We demand instant gratification.
We have largely become a nation of pampered, pouffed, sound-bite driven, ungrateful, spoiled brats. I believe it is only a matter of time before we are knocked off our feet and driven to our knees. I really am frightened for this country that I love.