re: "A bit more humble"?
So true Lindy but you have to retain some amount of optimism about the American psyche or it makes you insane. You have to remember that for a decade or so, Joe McCarthy was considered a patriot by a majority of Americans. To find more than a handful of wackos today that would worship the man would be an enormous task.
Still, it is scary how long it takes the average Joe on the street to come to their senses in the face of overwhelming evidence. History will look back on our current era as a low point in the United States so long as we keep pinging the message. I'm up for it.
Art