The Transylvania Times -

“America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

To look around, many would say America is no longer great because we are no longer good. Define goodness. Perhaps “the Golden Rule” – Do unto others as you would have others do unto you – is missing. Or is it?

Maybe we need to reflect on the prior “goodness” of America as noted by Canadian Gordon Sinclair in 1973:

•She has helped control floods in Egypt, South America, India and Africa;

•She has poured billions of dollars and forgave debts t...