TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Over the last 45 years, nearly one-fifth of America’s existence, our government, our leaders, have failed to accomplish anything which positively affects all 340 million Americans. Nothing proves this with greater significance than failures across the nation last Saturday. Gun violence continues to escalate across America and this situation could easily be controlled if our government had the courage to do the right thing. This was supposed to be the 250th celebration of our nation’s Declaration of Independence from England. In a normal year, Thomas Jefferson’s eloquent and heartfelt message would have been read out loud at every gathering in the country, giving every American a reason to be proud of his or her origin. Not this year: not in Trump’s America. WORDS INTENDED TO INSPIRE A NATION If these few words in the Declaration of Independence don’t make your hear flutter just a little, you have no idea what our nation was meant to be. [We hold these truths to ...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart A celebration devoted to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, will also be remembered for a fire on the Brooklyn Bridge, a debacle in San Francisco, cancelled parades, the longest and most boring fireworks display in history, and a mass shooting on Coney Island. BEGINNING AT THE TOP What should have been a promise to renew the intent of the Declaration of Independence became another politically motivated Trump hate rally and turned a celebration into a memoriam for what America once strived to become. A few words to remind all Americans why we celebrate the 4 th of July. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This one sentence was a summation of the core values the New Nation would stand upon. I can understand why Trump failed to refer to the document which in...