The future of metropolitan Richmond's people depends far more on the decisions and work of the Henrico Supervisors than it does on Henry Hyde's committee. It hangs on the Board of Crestar and Capital One and Motorola more than it does on Newt Gingrich. It relates to the prosecutions of the Commonwealth's Attorneys more than it does on Kenneth Starr. But we cannot focus here at home, even if we could before. Our attention is diverted.
Enormous movements drive our world, like weather systems across the sky.
Proud Wall Street shuffles and falters. All over the world, nations choke and regurgitate dollars seeking high return. And here at home, we sit powerlessly in our living rooms and watch nightly news of local and national developments over which we have no control. It is a strange, powerless time. Between the private volunteer effort and the multi-million person event, there is a long blank spot.