David Paul Kuhn: The Establishment's Chicken Little Consensus

I don't know if most UU's establishement, but I'm betting most of them follow the establishment Cassandras in Kuhn's column today. Feeling a Little Creepy posted here an excellent example.

No Mr Wooden, the Arizona Law is no way near America's version of the Nuremberg laws. We will not soon see signs like Latino's Raus everywhere, or don't buy from my favorite Tacaria 'cause its Mexican owned.

Kuhn concludes,

Through it all, Americans have proven resolutely positive about their own lives. And taken together, those personal views constitute an American view. At the bottom of this recession, in May 2009, Pew notably found that more Americans still saw themselves as "haves" than "have-nots."

Elites exaggerate American anxiety. They often turn cyclical trends into cataclysmic ends. Someday, the pessimists might be right. But, it's worth recalling, they've been wrong about America's decline so far.

Be resolute, reflect a bit on what we have, and one of our biggest "haves" a welcoming spirit found all over America. Tough times require resolute spirit and staying connected to historical reality.