Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I was putting out the cat this morning, the little girl from upstairs walked by. She was crying. I asked her what was wrong. “Someone stole my bike, I’m looking for it.” I told her I’d keep an eye out and wished her luck.
Yes, I could have lectured her on the evils of society, how she should have assumed everyone is a thief and locked it up, how we have new neighbors so no doubt they stole it just to wreck it because that’s how Those People are. I could have offered to buy her a different bike, a even better bike. But she’s a 2nd Grader. She doesn’t care about any of that. She doesn’t want a different bike, she wants her own bike back.
I know how she feels. I feel the same about America. The Left keeps trying to take it away so they can wreck it. They claim they will replace it with a different America, an even better America, but I don’t want a different America. I want my own America back. The fear it may be lost forever makes me feel like crying, too.
Joe Doakes
<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIn my book \u201cTrulbert\u201c, the question on the surface was \u201cwhat if society had to stay over\u201c.<\/p>
Implicit in that, sometimes, was \u201cwhat if we could<\/em> start society over\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because these days I\u2019m feeling\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026 not so much like that second grade girl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More like the 18-year-old who got his bike stolen, and spent the summer roaming the city, looking for an excuse to pound the thief flat with a hammer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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