I CAN'T BELIEVE IT AND YET I CAN'T STOP BELIEVING

  That iconic song from the group Journey had the entire country singing it, hearing its message of hope and encouragement and was a major, major, major hit on Glee. Personally, I love the song and wish we could all hear its message, particularly during these turbulent times. We, in America, cannot seem to agree on anything. One says white, the other black, the first agrees and the second changes his mind. We are at a dangerous impasse even as the world stretches to new heights of tension and challenge. Russia invades, China aims for the world, warns its citizens to buy in bulk, frightening them, we are losing the cyber wars, the nations of the world are playing games of chicken with war ships and warplanes. What the hell is going on.

"If there is a second American Civil War, which side would you choose? It may be wise to make that decision now, in the spirit of planning for the worst while hoping for the best.

A recent public opinion poll by the University of Virginia Center for Politics finds that a majority of Trump voters want to secede from the Union. Alarmingly, nearly as many Biden voters, 41 percent, also feel it may be "time to split the country."

That is what is going on. Is your hair standing on end? When a bulwark of the world, a place of confidence and surety, of progress and innovation, loses its way, well, the population sees that, feels that, participates in it and the above is what happens. I absolutely hate reading this. Yes, I have been sounding the clarion call about this lo these many a year, but I hoped I was wrong. Was I?

Angela Merkel warned us that the world has apparently not learned the lessons of WWII. Read that again. And again. Why not? And where do we see that? We see it in the GOP 'side' of the civil war as they absorb, nay, desire the extremes, the white power, the neo Nazis, the trash of humanity. Shall we all take seminars re WWII if we are to avoid this? Actually, sadly, I am growing ever more certain, much to my dismay, my horror, my fear, that this is indeed in the offing, a future with no hope, a future in which I see no place, no room at the inn for my people, the Jewish people, once again to be exiled, chased, killed, blamed, whatever negative one can think of. Nor will it be good for anyone else either. That is the way of dictatorships and hate.

Perhaps if this nation were to stop this infantile yet so dangerous practice of head butting, even as their brains migrate to their butts, and grow up. Look for points of agreement, ways to benefit the populace, stop ignoring violence or encouraging it. Avoid the calls to doubt the legitimacy of the elections, the basis of this country. Just stop!!!!! Before we cannot.