Re: “10 actions we can take to help protect our democracy” (Sept. 4, Opinion):
It’s simple to destroy in comparison with how laborious it’s to construct. Take a bridge, for instance. Designing one requires planning, engineering, allowing, budgeting and building. A bridge is constructed by folks with many backgrounds and abilities. But that very same bridge may be decreased to rubble in seconds with explosives by anybody, no ability or laborious work crucial.
The identical is true in governance. The Trump administration has proven simply how rapidly a long time of labor may be undone. Applications constructed by bipartisan effort, worldwide alliances cast over generations, and belief between America and the world have been blown aside with little greater than a careless phrase, a hasty government order, and ignoring our establishments and legal guidelines.
Simply as a group would rebuild a bridge as a result of it’s important, our nation should commit itself to rebuilding the packages, relationships and belief which were torn down. If America is to stay the shining gentle on the hill, admired and relied upon, we can’t be content material with the wreckage. Though it gained’t be simple, we should start the more durable, nobler work of constructing bridges once more.
Steve Drury, Port Ludlow
