Up is Down; Crisscross is Backwards; and Bad is Good
Up is Down; Crisscross is Backwards; and Bad is Good We are living in a tumultuous time, maybe more than any of our ancestors ever envisioned in the United States. The textbooks list the eras in the USA as: Early America The Colonial Period Revolutionary America The Young Republic Expansion, Reform, and Turmoil Controversy, War, and Reconstruction Second Industrial Revolution Political Reform II War, Prosperity, and Depression The New Deal Postwar America Vietnam Era End of the Century; and, The New Millennium They were hard times and good times. Suddenly, the new millennium exploded in front of us. Some will say it started with the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Others will argue that his death was only the tipping point of something that has been brewing for decades if not centuries. This coming at the same time as the Covid-19 that has swept the world, and you and I find ourselves bombarded with the worst and best of humanity. It will be interesting for those who surv...