Editor, Times-Union: What is true? What am I to do? How can I know what to believe about the life of our nation and the state of world affairs? With biased, partisan, mainstream and alternative media machines constantly spinning the news, ignoring important, relevant stories, and advancing self-serving agendas, how can I become a well-informed citizen? I live in a surreal world were the truth about what is going on is distorted and hidden. One has to work very hard and long to separate truth from fiction. When talking about our Founding Fathers, Dr. Ben Carson noted that they had expectations of the American electorate. “Our system depends on a well-informed and educated populous, and if they ever become something other than that, the nature of the country will change.” (from Dr. Carsonʼs video) Iʼm convinced that our country has changed, and that is not for the better. What is a citizen to do? There are many divisions of the American people, with imagined wars on women, race wars and class warfare, generated by “political correctness,” that Dr. Carson attributes to the hyper-partisanship craziness which feeds the lies and half truths. He says the people are not each other’s enemies. It’s the people who try to divide us who are our enemies. Carly Fiorina described this challenge. “We have arrived at a point in our nationʼs history where the potential of this nation and to many Americans is being crushed by the weight, the power, the cost, the complexity, the ineptitude and corruption of the federal government.” I totally agree with the above statement. We need a president with integrity, willing to listen to others, qualified to lead a genuine national conversation aimed at actually fixing our broken system. Who better to lead a country that is broken economically, spiritually, morally, and politically, than a physician intent upon healing, inspiring, and reviving America? He is not giving up on America and neither am I. He speaks truth and Iʼm listening and so should you. On Face book: Win, Ben, win! Edith Bauer Warsaw, via email
