![]() ![]() ![]() We are engaged in a protracted, un-civil war with China and a strident war with Russia. And due to Biden’s ineptitude, we have lost allies the world over. I’d like to see many in both Parties give up power for the sake of the Republic as the “old guard” has seemingly gone the way of indifference if not outright avoidance. Now men who put desire and ego above good abound in those who govern us. “Thus, before our own time, the customs of our ancestors produced excellent men, and eminent men preserved our ancient customs and the institutions of their forefathers.” He goes on in sorrow to say, “For it is through our own faults, not by any accident, that we retain only the form of the Commonwealth, but have long since lost its substance.” Hardly the first to note the quagmire brought about by those whose only goals are power and ego, here’s Cicero, On The Republic (Book 5): ![]()
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