I have written often that there is a common denominator in our deeply divided nation.
That is the general sense that something is wrong.
The points of departure among our large and diverse population are the perceptions about what the problems are and what must be done.
In this spirit I ask, as many have over recent days, what message we might take from the coincidence of the inauguration day of Donald J. Trump as America’s 47th president with the national holiday honoring the memory of Martin Luther King Jr.
It is interesting to note that in 1964, shortly after King’s famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial and shortly after the assassination of an American president, 77% of Americans said, according to Pew Research, that “they trust government to do what is right just about always/most of the time.” The percent expressing this sentiment in 2024 was…
