State of affairs.

I am amazed and saddened by the seemingly endless decline of all things around me.

Sometimes, it is a chore to drag myself out of bed in the morning. This discomfort has recently been accentuated by the radio tuned to NPR, serving as herald to the next big slide.

I am shocked that our society was willing to allow our foundation to rot so fundamentally.

I hope that there can be change in the way that we collectively live our lives, with a focus on rebuilding our collective foundation. I fear that we as a society are far beyond repair.