This is an opinion column.
No worries, all. We’ve been here before. We’ve lived these momentous inflection points — lived through them many times. We’ve endured chaos, calamity and inhumanity and shaped them into seismic change.
Two hundred and fifty years ago, in fact, our nation’s birth was spurred by disruptive dissident colonists, who dared toss 340 cases of tea into the sea because they refused taxation without representation. Their actions ignited a revolution, which launched a country crafted by flawed men who hoped their ideals would outlast our differences…