A Nation and World in Turmoil

Headlines in early October were full of gloom and doom. Day after week after month expressed the same theme: we are living in a world of chaos and uncertainty. Besides the world’s focus on military conflicts, earthquakes and hurricanes, global debt, and rising inflation, there were also stories of uncertainty and turmoil within our nation. David Leonhardt and Peter Baker of the New York Times took an interesting approach to giving some perspective about the state of our nation. It is worth our...