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On this road there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them the world.
― The Road
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You know you feel bad when you take to the awful beauty of Cormac McCarthy for comfort. But when you get the sense that the world is about to be set on fire, if it is not already ablaze, he seems like a natural choice.
I would much rather be referencing another book, like JFK’s Pulitzer Prize winning Profiles in Courage. that describes the brave stands taken by Senators which changed the course of our history. But as we now know Senatorial courage is only a myth now, some form of mythical quality from a long lost time.
The idea of someone with the power to affect change stepping forward to so without regard to their own personal benefit is something we may never see again. And what a lost opportunity it has been for someone to cement their place in history, to speak truth to the rampant dishonesty and corruption we are witnessing.
Instead we see cowering and mealy mouthed half explanations or full-throated deceptions that are disingenuous at the very least. No, there will be Profiles in Courage written from this time about those who sit in the majority. So long as they believe they have shelter, they would rather see the world burn than stand against the illegitimacy they helped create.
Like the fools they are, they somehow think that the flames won’t reach them, even as they stand among the fury of the fire.
And the world begins to smolder…
Redtree Times 
So true, so well expressed. You should have a syndicated column at the Times, if they still do that…
Thanks, Jackie. I don’t know about a column since I only write like this when I am extremely aggravated. Don’t think I could take being like that all the time.
Gary, the one thing this whole process has brought home to me is that the pessimism my wife has about our government is well deserved. And the sadness I feel is compounded as I try to espouse hope and patience. Since 2015 her pronouncements of despair have come true much more often than my admonishments of hope. This is just another week of having her tell me “See, I was right!”
Yours sounds very much like the dynamics in our household, Gary., although my wife’s despair shows itself more as anger. It is hard to keep up an air of optimism these days, eh?