A line from Nelson Mandela

This is an America that is not 
necessarily retreating from the 
world stage but consolidating 
its power through bullying &

dealmaking, where the influ-
ences of Christian nationalism 
& the presidential vices are the 
most apparent. Ushering in a 

new golden age, says the new 
National Security Strategy; but
to others it is the onset of a new
age of fear, of repression, of de-

privation & virtual slavery. To 
oppose it is to not merely to cast
off one's chains, it is a renewal
of life & liberty without pursuit.