Let Us Do Better … Together

The election is finally over! As is usual with all our American presidential races, that means one political side won the election, and the other lost. There may be wailing and gnashing of teeth on one side, and lighthearted, celebratory gloating on the other side.

I don’t know the response exactly, because I don’t have a crystal ball, and I am writing this a little early, simply because I plan to stay away from the majority of social media for the next couple days.

I recently wrote about history repeating itself, and how this election really made me think about how, if we aren’t careful, our society is going to make the same mistakes as others did in the not-so-distant past.

The magnets from our fridge are places of historical significance: Tryon Palace in NC, the Alamo in TX, USS Arizona Memorial in HI, and a picture of the…