The Problem With The French Is That

Not All Americans Are Living The American Dream By A Long Shot. Many Can't Even Imagine It. There Are Impoverished Americans, The Poor And The Homeless, The Hungry And The Hopeless, Many Unable To Read And Write. There Are Americans Gone Astray, The Kids Dragged Down By Drugs, The Shattered Families, The Teenage Mothers Struggling To Cope. Then There Are Americans Uneasy, Troubled And Bewildered By The Dizzying Pace Of Change.

I Remember When I Was Shot Down In That War. I Remember How Terrified I Was. And It Made Me Feel Close To My Family, And To God, And To Life, And I Was Scared.

I Was Offered A Job On Wall Street By My Uncle. But I Wanted To Get Out. Make-it-on-my-own Kinda Thing.

No Generation Can Escape History.

Any Definition Of A Successful Life Must Include Service To Others.