TIMES RECORD • August 1, 2024
The motto of Donald Trump and the Republican Party he has captured is “Make America Great Again.” This is a backward-looking message based on the belief that if the country can return to its glorious past, reversing immigration, halting inflation, ending diversity efforts, limiting environmental protection and stymying the rise of women. This premise is almost entirely false. If corporate success is more important than human health, then the country could dismantle efforts to protect land, water and air. That would restore some version of “great again,” by trading future survival for short-term gain. Nations pass through difficult times without necessarily succumbing to them. ~ Gordon L. Weil