Having Reasonable People In Leadership Positions Should Not Be Taken For Granted

By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. I have learned over the years that there are two kinds of sense, common sense and nonsense. The former will get you a long way in life and the latter not so much. Common sense comes with a set of standards and values that most of us learned when we were coming of age. Fortunately, it has stuck with most of us. However, some of us have gone astray which has led us to talking nonsense. It is just wayward thinking, and it has taken us into a forest of illogical ideas and philosophies. We have fallen into a pit of senselessness and hopelessness. How did we go from having dignity and respect for all people to only having it for some people. That failed logic has affected the Republican presidential ticket and their followers. They have written some of us off. We don’t matter and we serve as collateral damage. We the people have listened to them make salacious and sickening comments about women and people of color like me. If you are Black or Brown in America, what possible reason do you have for voting for those two characters. Women, what possible...