Dealing With Our National Anger

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, we all seem to agree, are angry. This has been apparent for some time; finally, we are talking about it. The next step is to deal with it.Our venting options include: taking it out on each other, launching foreign wars of aggression, or both. Why limit ourselves? Consider, for instance, President Obama. He must surely be a mite miffed at the Senate majority leader right about now. the president could have nominate the most conservative jurist in town for the high court, and then sit back, and watch the republicans hop to it. Then, by prior agreement, he could watch the nominee withdraw his or her name, and Obama could replace it with a more moderate name, like, say, Mr. Garland. would the G.O.P. senators then return to their prior intransigence? Only at great peril. They would then be exposed not as defenders of any high and mighty "let the people decide" principles, but rather, as champions of right wing jurisprudence. They would scream bleddy murder in all likelihood, furthering their entertainment value. As long as fifteen people are collectively wealthier than one hundred million other people, there will be anger. One does not simultaneously create a nation of happy people, and run millions of them our of their homes. One does not simultaneously prepare for war, and make war, while talking peace, and remain happy. Like Thomas Jefferson, we should fear for our nation, by remembering that God is just.