Powerful words. Tragedies like this cut deep, but they also strip away illusions. America’s at a crossroads, and the choices ahead will echo for generations. The question isn’t just who we elect—it’s whether we choose a future of healing or keep sowing seeds of harm.
More powerful words. This coming year will also clarify whether the tribes many Americans place themselves buoyed by lives of rage and determination to harm those they blame for their malaise will steer the country toward suicide or renewal
The year ahead feels like a crucible—where rage, grievance, and tribal division could either shatter the Republic or force a reckoning that burns away the poison. Out of such fracture, nations sometimes find renewal; other times, they collapse into their own abyss.