Guest Editorial: Why do so many people hold fast to a world of make-believe when the truth will set us free?

**FILE** A Make America Great Again hat in support of Donald Trump at a rally at Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix (Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons) As the year draws to a close and Americans prepare for Trump 2.0, it’s fascinating to see how so many people have drawn a line in the sand, and not only refuse to cross over it, but also dare anyone without an invitation to come on their side. We are truly a divided nation. Sadly, perhaps even tragically, America seems hellbent to follow in the footsteps of other nations who, while at one time were the envy of the world, have since fallen from grace and been replaced by others. Like the fictitious Humpty Dumpty, they have slipped from their privileged perch on the wall, shattered into a million pieces and cannot be put back together again. History shows us that what catapulted America to its present status as the most powerful and prestigious nation on Earth is our diversity. America’s founding fathers took the best of Native Americans, European immigrants, African slaves, Asian wonderkids and Third World prodigies and formed a new nation, which capitalized...