PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 20, 2023
This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades. The process of government becomes hostage to a small group of extreme Republicans ignoring the national interest. Trump, the pollsters’ pick for the GOP presidential nomination, goes from one courtroom to another but seems immune from political harm. Biden suffers from seeming bland in the Age of Celebrity. China, Russia, Iran and North Korea strive to show that dictatorship is the natural form of government. They have more nuclear capability than the U.S. Pax Americana that guaranteed world peace. The United Nations has failed to promote and preserve peace. Russia invades Ukraine. The problem of Israel and Palestine grows worse. Even worse is the increasing threat to life from the climbing global temperature. The problem is leadership. We don’t have any. It requires new people at the top. ~ Gordon L. Weil