To wit: The majority of Republican candidates for this year's midterms reject or doubt the result of the 2020 election, according to The Washington Post. Instead, we find ourselves largely a nation defined by fears.īecause he lacked the guts to accept his election defeat, Donald Trump assembled an armed mob to attack the Capitol.īecause they were terrified the nation is changing without their approval, that mob did his bidding.īecause they were scared of Trump, most of his party swallowed their tongues rather than protest.īecause they have not the basic moral courage one usually learns on the playground - lose with dignity and fight again another day - they are trashing democracy itself. 6 committee, which ended Friday, have demonstrated nothing else, they've demonstrated how rare that virtue has become. That once upon a time, America was brave. History is written by the winners, after all, so there is always the chance, if intolerance wins, if ignorance wins, if election denial wins and they shape the future in their image, our children will inherit an America transactional, small-minded and mean and never know that once upon a time, America stood - or at least, sometimes tried to stand - for something loftier. That's assuming any memory of America survives to give them a basis for comparison. Of many of us, they will say nothing good. "What shall be our legacy? What will our children say?" But if the song spoke to the crisis of that generation, its central question also feels relevant to our crisis, 80 years later. Thus begins "American Anthem," Norah Jones' theme to "The War," Ken Burns' magisterial 2007 history of the conflagration that nearly burned down the world in the 1940s. What shall be our legacy? What will our children say?" The work and prayers of centuries have brought us to this day The dream of a nation where freedom would endure "All we've been given by those who came before She shapes the question in a voice of rainy-day melancholy, frames it with piano meditation.
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