It boggles the mind that Congress is again giving the wealthy huge tax cuts and at the same time reducing student loans, medicaid, targeting even poor children. This is not bizarre; it goes beyond hypocritical and ridiculous; we are being ruled by evil and corrupt people.

This nation is resilient; it has endured a calamitous civil war and legions of stupid and crooked politicians.

But Rome was also resilient and endured a long, long time—until a particularly frosty morning at the beginning of the 5th Century when the legions along the Rhine awakened and discovered to their dismay that the river had frozen over and was now a bridge. Gaul and Spain were lost quickly. Less than ten years later, the Visigoths sacked Rome and the western empire was no more.

It happened in the twinkling of an eye.