America, what are you thinking?

As I read the various signs and instructions posted around the hospital, I found they were all written in English and Spanish. Think about that. Atlanta, GA is a long way from the border with Mexico, and yet our institutions and businesses feel compelled to use both languages.

Now it doesn't take a streak of brilliance to realize that this diversity of languages is divisive and expensive to maintain. It inhibits assimilation and divides the people. Yet in our "politically correct society" it is deemed a requirement in an attempt to accommodate multiculturalism.

What are we thinking?

I recently experienced another example of political correctness, one that hampers travel, adds tremendous cost and inconvenience, all in the name of promoting safety. As I stood in a long line with my shoes in my hand, I watched in utter incredulity as the inspectors searched an elderly man in a wheel chair as his wife patiently looked on. The idiocy of delaying and searching this poor man, who obviously was in no condition to threaten anyone, was almost laughable, except that it was actually happening in our beloved country.

What are we thinking?

As we go about our daily lives, we see that almost everything from disposable items to luxury goods is manufactured in China or some other country that a short time ago was dependent on the USA. Countries that were once deeply indebted to us are now our creditors, and we are the debtor nation. Our trade deficit is incomprehensible and growing steadily. If our nation was treated as an individual, we would be bankrupt. Yet no real effort is being made on any level to address the problems or to reverse these alarming trends.

What are we thinking?

In many cities, large and small, our streets are not safe because of gang violence – often organized along ethnic lines. Our shopping malls, work places, schools, entertainment venues and major league sports events are often scenes of bloody violence. Security is a booming business as homes and businesses require protection. Yet, criminals are often quickly released by the courts in a revolving-door justice system that fails to deal harshly with wrongdoers. The prisons are overflowing and new ones cannot be built fast enough to house those being convicted.

What are we thinking?

As I ruminate on these intractable problems, it seems obvious that we are not thinking. We have succumbed to the idea that there is no right or wrong; there is only behavior, some acceptable and some unacceptable. And, no one has the fortitude to say what he means and mean what he says to deal with the various situations described above. Political correctness has numbed our leaders into a willingness to tolerate the intolerable to the detriment of all.

Long ago, Moses wrote, "The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail" (Deuteronomy 28:43-44).

Anciently, King Solomon illustrated the need to face reality and to deal with problems swiftly and with equity. For example, "Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil" (Ecclesiastes 8:11).

It may not be politically correct, but Solomon also wrote, "The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness" (Ecclesiastes 2:14).

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What are you thinking?