Healing Starts with Leadership — Including Our Own

Today, the lack of trust in our democratic institutions threatens the very fabric of our society. Too many question authority, regardless of veracity. Too many clench their fists before thinking. Too many focus on the self, rather than themselves. Too many seek division, rather than unity.

On the surface, our institutions seem ill-equipped to handle such division. They were designed by visionary and bold, yet flawed individuals. And their design was both brilliant and peculiar. Our institutions were set up to frustrate us — with checks and balances, frequent elections, tension between state and federal authority, and a Bill of Rights to prevent any single person, or the tyrannical majority, from leading us astray.

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