250 years of the American republic

It's sad, but I feel none of the enthusiasm we felt in the bicentennial year 1976 this year, the 250th anniversary. Having the worst, most fascistic, stupidest, most malignant president in our history by far in office puts a giant damper on any celebration of the survival of our republic for a quarter of a millennium. In 1976 we had Gerald Ford, about whom whatever else you might say about him, seemed to be a fundamentally decent human being with some understanding of the scope of the job and the limits of its power. Now, it feels premature to consider that we even have survived as the republic declared in 1776. Will we shake off this serious illness and recover with functional and healthy democratic institutions restored? Or not? I don't feel there's any basis for confidence. 

 

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MUSICA SUMMUM DOLOREM TRANSFIGURAT 

ET SUMMUM GAUDIUM SALTAT

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