By Martha Quillen
If you look at the big picture, the United States is doing very well. Per capita income is up, and murder rates, war deaths, and unemployment are down. But Americans are increasingly unhappy. The World Happiness Report (an independent project published annually by the U.N.) indicates the U.S. dropped from 14th place in 2017 to 18th in 2018.
By Martha Quillen
For years now, the media and Pew Research reports have indicated Americans are growing increasingly partisan, which is generally characterized as a bad thing, and has been credited with spurring extremism, gridlock, Congressional ineffectiveness and politically motivated violence. But what shocks me in recent years is not the national news; it’s how much vitriol is making its way into our local newspaper.
Column by George Sibley
Liberty – March 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
ONE OF THE ENDEARING THINGS about our president is his way of using high-falluting words without concern over the complexities of what they really mean. And when he says things like “the American people need to understand that the war in Iraq is about peace” (shortly before “Mission Accomplished”), there seems to be a tacit agreement that the major media won’t bother him for an explanation – the least they can do to ease the burden of office.