E Gads!

Has the country gone to Hell in a hand basket?  There's trouble in river city.  What to do Percy?  What to do?
It seems as if everyone in the country is angry over something.  We are in the middle of a presidential election year.  The campaigns of the two opposing parties, seeking to win the election, highlight all the social ills of the country, and blame each other for having created them. 

As if that rhetoric and emotional turmoil wasn't enough, two separate incidents of police killing a black man, once again brought wide spread protests.  Whether or not, the killings were justified, emotions reached a fever pitch when protests against police escalated into ambushed killings of police officers. 

This country has faced many challenges and will undoubtedly continue to do so, but this challenge of racial intolerance is going to require a lot of talking and understanding to arrive at a peaceful and respectful relationship.