Despite The Woes, The World Is Better Than It Was
This post is by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner:
Ours is not an age of tranquility. Far from it.
Myriad crises ricochet across our newsfeeds and disturb our conscience. Some are immediate and others endemic. Wherever we seem to turn, there are pain, danger, and disorientation.
Edifices we once turned to for stability — our democratic governance, a largely peaceful world order, basic notions of truth — are under great strain, to the point ...