Rooting for Americans

This is a (long) 'quick post' to discuss, by way of recent examples, a couple of sources I've come to rely on for information and analysis of current events.  In a future post, I'll go into more depth and breadth on more of my favorite sources. Headlines and high-level information about current events are available all over the place.  What I'm talking about in this post is next-level analysis, context, breakdown, historical perspective, bottom-lining.  This is something that large media outlets or 'mainstream media' don't do often enough or well enough or timely enough. If you'd be so kind, consider following me on Twitter -- my new account for social issues, current events is @RootingA - short for my blog name  Rooting for Americans .  Twitter doesn't allow handles > 15 characters :(  My primary personal Twitter account is @whiteshoeswhite .  Not many tweets or likes or retweets about social issues, but the list of accounts I follow pro...

As a nation, as a people, as a society, are we screwed?   Are we doomed to lose our way of living, our way of functioning that has evolved for the past 250 years?   I’m worried that, yeah, maybe we are.   Maybe.   It all depends on what we do right now. A respected and beloved faith leader in my local community recently posted on social media about social media being an inappropriate place for people to share or push their political views.   The leader stated that this is a complete waste of time and causes many people to tune out and ignore completely a person who posts about politics.   They also stated that all news is slanted to varying degrees and that both sides have lost their minds.   They stated this would be their only political post about the 2020 election – in other words, they are not going to talk about current issues or ‘politics’ in our country on social media. The leader’s post was very thought-provoking for me.   Though ...

Please bear with me, as this is my first post on this new blog.  Most/all future posts will be more resource-intensive, but this one is from the heart and it needs to be said and heard.  If you have a problem with the viewpoint in this post, may I suggest you either: Quit reading my blog and continue living comfortably in your alternate reality. Keep reading my blog and see if you can come to appreciate where I'm coming from. I don't spend 2-3 hours a day learning about world and national affairs because I enjoy it (I don't), or because I have nothing better to do in my free time (I do). I spend the time because it seems that important to be well read on what is happening. Now it's time for me to take further steps to join the fight for the future of our country. Without further ado...my humble first blog post. "It's Really Quite Simple" Who have you been rooting for the past three years?  I’ve been rooting for America. I’ve always rooted...