FINDING A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS.

• Date: 01 August 2022
• Author: Boddiger, David
• Published date: 01 August 2022
• Author: Boddiger, David

Since the last issue of this magazine went to press two months ago, the country has descended even further into the abyss of authoritarianism, violence, discrimination, hate, and intolerance. It can be hard to maintain a sense of hope that things will get better.

In that short span of time, more mass shootings have taken place--at a supermarket, an elementary school, a holiday parade, and elsewhere--bringing the total number of mass shootings this year, as of this writing, to 352 (see p. 31). It is shamefully symbolic that the only developed country in the world with this much gun violence can't protect its own people during a parade meant to celebrate the country's independence from tyranny. Apparently, for those on the right, having unfettered access to guns is more important than life itself.

But it's not just those armed with weapons of war that are denying us the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The tyrants of today also wear black robes and sit on the nation's highest court, where they dredge up arcane rulings from English...