The man and the hour have met....

We have been fortunate that in times of crisis, the United States has been blessed with splendid leadership. At the country's birth, we had, as one biographer accurately stated, "the indispensable man." George Washington was not a great military strategist or political visionary. However, he had a unique ability to inspire others to follow him and believe in him. Washington was the glue that held the infant republic together.













When that republic was ripped asunder, the fate of the nation lay with Abraham Lincoln. Here was a man of vision and as well as a cunning politician who understood earlier than and better than almost anyone the kind of war he was facing.














FDR came into office in a time of national calamity and died at the end of a great war. He was a man of great contrasts, a unique combination of pragmatist and idealist, statesman and SOB who led the country to victory over fascism and genocide.















Now as we face rogue states, terror threats and a looming economic collapse we get:





Good God.