It wasn’t until I visited what we call the second and third world that I realized how amazing it isAmerica exists. Our country is a miracle orchestrated by a genius group of founding fathers. As I travel in and out of corrupt social structures, America really does shine like a city on a hill to show the world a place between heaven and hell. Are we perfect? Absolutely not, and yet, it’s that spirit of a country against a country that makes us work. I disagree with Abraham Lincoln to some degree (I should confess I count him as one of ten or so heroes) in that a house divided against itself can truly stand, and does. The genius of our system lies in checks and balances, in the brilliance of our founding fathers to realize man given too much freedom will move toward corruption. What makes America work are all the intricate systems that keep any group from gaining too much power, and so many of our current problems can be traced to one group or the proponents of one ideology working around that system to gain too much influence and power. I am neither Republican or Democrat, and [...]
