Apologies for dropping off, I had a Christmas (no, not "Holiday") party to attend...

As a wee lad of 5 in '68 I didn't really comprehend its impact until much later. One camp likes to say, "we lived though it", and they would be correct. The other camp believes it was the very core of our nation being ripped apart at the seams and that we barely made it through. Perspective is a difficult thing to achieve no matter how much you strive for it -- even with decades of hindsight.

My gut just tells me that 2024 will be one of the most explosive years in our two-and-a-half centuries, the outcome of which is impossible to predict at this point. However it ends, one way or another, it will be a different America that is is even today.

God help us.