“One Nation, Indivisible” features excerpts from The Sun’s archives that speak to the current political moment.
— Ed.
It is possible for us to look at our present society and see in it [the founding fathers’] mark of brilliance. Consider, for instance, the foresight necessary to see through the mist of two hundred years and . . . decree that elections be held four years apart in order to give the population a chance to forget the neglected promises of the previous campaign.
So it is that every fourth year we are treated to a seemingly new series of causes and slogans that are destined to end up being a further boost to special interests and privileged classes to which none of us belong. The ever-growing disparity between the haves and have-nots has in recent years made this task more difficult. Nonetheless, our wordmongers continue to labor valiantly to sell us cherished illusions couched in words that will seem only slightly deceiving when they go unfulfilled.
