What is wrong? Our problem is not Dems vs. GOP. That content is incidental, almost inconsequential to a more serious issue.
The Something WRONG is the mechanics, how we go about making change in our society, for our country, for mankind.
General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War models who we want to be, should be, in this account from Rachel and Paul.
"In early April 1865, the Civil War was winding to a close. Grants forces learned that Lee was going to surrender his troops at Appomattox. Chamberlain was given the honor of accepting the surrender of the Confederate troops as they marched for the last time to Appomattox Court House. What followed was perhaps one of the most moving scenes of the war.
"As the Confederate troops marched up the road, Chamberlain, on his own initiative, displayed a respect for his enemies that was remarkable after four years of awful, bloody fighting, the costliest war in American history. Chamberlain ordered his men to attention and to “Carry Arms”, as a salute to the vanquished, but respected foe. That gesture was not lost on his enemies. General John B. Gordon, one of Lee’s most trusted officers at the end of the war, called Chamberlain, “one of the knightliest soldiers of the Federal Army.”
Some believe that the gesture alone did more toward healing our country than any other program of Act of Congress.
