That all is not well in America today, or for that matter, throughout the world, is painfully obvious. Outside our windows, the peaceful streets of years past now harbor violence. In some neighborhoods, gunfire pierces the night.
Police helicopters fly overhead, scanning yards and alleys for runaway criminals.
We worry about our children. Once-quiet schools are now hothouses of drug trafficking, promiscuity, and vice unimaginable in days gone by. We hear of an ever-declining literacy rate, dwindling test scores, and of graduates who can't even find their home city on a map. We wonder how they will ever make it in the adult world. In our homes, at our jobs, on our television screens, we see that the once-clear line between right and wrong has become gray and hazy.