As I am writing this blog, I am watching the memorial service in Washington, DC for Senator John McCain. McCain’s daughter Meghan gave one of the most heartfelt eulogies you’ll ever see punctuating the principles that guided her father’s life. Listening to the speeches, both today and earlier in the week, made me appreciate the man more than ever. McCain was an American first and foremost and he earned the right to challenge his colleagues in the senate and in the White House. I have heard both Republicans and Democrats criticize McCain this week and I must admit it makes me a bit ill. Senator McCain was not perfect, but he did live by a sense of principles — a quality that is in short supply these days. Blind loyalty to political party is not a principle — it’s a form of cowardice — and no, the end does not always justify the means. The funny thing is that if you live by principles, life is actually a lot easier. Tough decisions end up being not so difficult and you end up sleeping better at night. John McCain could not take his money, power, or fame with him to his grave, but he was able to take the love and admiration of a grateful nation with him for eternity. That is a life well lived…
Never in U.S. history have we had two older or less popular candidates running for president of the United States than we do today. We repeatedly hear the question, “How can these two candidates be the best our country has to offer?”.
if you are primarily fearful of living in a society that is racist and discriminatory, you should be very concerned with what is happening with the political far left. If your primary fear is moving our society towards socialism and communism, then you should be mostly fearful of the political far right. That statement may seem counterintuitive, but it is absolutely true.
People on the political right believe that people on the extreme left are the biggest problems in our nation. People on the political left think that people on the extreme right pose the biggest threat. This is one occasion when both sides are correct.