Racist. Deranged. Humiliating to our country. The fact that we have decided to pretend to this is normal every day is a moral abomination. Have we any shame?
And every day an entire generation is being told it is “Christian” to support this. God have mercy on us.
Out of tragedy came sacrifice, courage, and – most memorably – unity. We weren’t red or blue, left or right, we were simply human. I hope one day we remember how to be that way again.
This faded meal ticket carries more weight than it should. Dated a week before 9/11, it was left unfinished when I moved to a new school that very morning. By breakfast, I was excited and nervous for a new chapter. By lunch, the world had changed forever.