Owning our identity, not delegating it.

Most mornings, this is one of the places I choose to sit when I want to think. I had, as usual a blog I wrote yesterday ready to go this morning, but then life took, as it does, a sharp left (or in this case, right) turn and made the post irrelevant for today. It will have to wait till later, today, some reflection was required.

Like I think just about everybody else, I am bemused and alarmed by the events unfolding in Washington. Every genius has it's shadow, and I think that is what we're seeing. America's idea of itself coming face to face with a possible reality. There is no satisfaction in it. On balance, America is good for the world although right now the mantle of "leader of the free world" is sitting somewhat askew. The 25th amendment has been there for a long time and never used. If not now, what will it take I wonder? Americans have a lot to think about. My very best wishes are with them as they do. We all have an interest in them getting it right.

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