The All American Dilemma

I love this country.  To many, we’re the greatest, free-est, most prosperous nation in the world…the Land of Opportunity, America the Brave. I love the freedom to speak my mind, to raise my family the way we want, to change jobs (or careers) whenever I want. I can root for NY Giants over the Dallas Cowboys (because that’s just good common sense).  I can eat Pizza or Thai or BBQ food for dinner – or BBQ Thai Pizza if I’m feeling a little weird. I’ve seen and lived the American Dream, and witnessed firsthand what’s possible despite a lack of resources and advantages at the beginning.

But our nation is at a crossroads. Few can argue that our current political system is jeopardizing much of what we love about America. You can’t expect any entity – whether it’s a company, team or even a country – to thrive if it’s incapable of working together to address its challenges and take advantage of its opportunities.  America, as we know it, is going to find itself in a bad place over the coming years and decades if we don’t replace our broken political system with something more positive, functional and effective.

This blog is about providing my view on America’s biggest challenges and opportunities, as well as the occasional insight or observation about culture, sports, business and just life in general.  After reading this intro, its good to start with this first post about defining our Root Cause Core Issue as a democracy, followed by a discussion about A Common Sense Approach