People of a certain age were taught to respect the police, obey the law, and other rules and regulations mostly practiced by our parents and grandparents. They believed such things would lead to better lives for themselves and for the nation. For many, they did.

Today we look at the lawlessness, the antisemitism, the hate speech directed at the president, teen takeovers, attacks on police officers, and others, and we might ask: Why is this happening?

To use a metaphor, the guardrails have been removed. Guardrails are crash-tested barriers designed to keep vehicles from running off the road. Moral, ethical and deportment "guardrails" have functioned to keep us from running off the road.

Politicians, including President Trump and Democrats in Congress, throw rhetorical barbs at each other, sometimes using vulgar language. What kind of lesson........

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