[Jim Moonan]

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Max, be careful not to engage in too much whack-a-mole with the moles — Tempting as it is...

The phrase, “When they go low we go high” has been maligned of late. I’m afraid to say it, but it is the fault of the far left that the maxim has been derailed. The far left has chosen instead to play by the same rulebook as the far-right, thinking they can out-hate, out-disinform, out-undo, crumble pillars that once were/are bulwarks against the ever-returning tide that wants to destroy not preserve and perfect; that extreme left that has been trying so hard to drag us down into the quagmire when it isn’t necessary and definitely not prudent. If we can’t find it in us to go high and go hard, then we’ve lost.

Sophomoric as some may think it sounds, we have to look around us, look to what carried us through difficulties in the past. We need leaders that reflect our best values. There should be no debate as to what those values are, but the “low-goers” will have you think that. I would never entertain the idea of “turn the other cheek” when engaging with those that would pervert our humanity to be only what they deem is righteous without any respect for freedom of choice (yes, I know how the concept of “freedom” can sometimes be illusory) or dignity or diversity. This is not about turning the other cheek. It's not about passivity. It’s about non-violent tactics that undermine the extremes and lay them low in the dust of time. Go high, higher, hard, harder, smart, smarter. (Smarter than I will ever be-—ha!)

We are far away from the gates of One World. But as MLK said early in his I Have a Dream speech, “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.“ He nailed it. Then, of course, five years later in his final speech before his death he spoke the words, "I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land”. We, all of us, will likely not get there, but our children can if we help them, and their children can do the same.

We should never lose sight of the power contained within those two profoundly lucid MLK speeches. Those two speeches combined should be the foundation of a new, revised constitution that is future-facing. That, imo, would be how to go “high” and “hard”. Carpe Diem. We need a new world. We need leaders. We need artists, families, the old, the young, the rich, the poor, the weary, the wide-eyed — all to become one. It’s Sunday. My day to preach : ) I’ve said enough.


Mark, Yes. When we look with one eye open things can easily fool us. With two eyes open we are much more prepared to spot the nefarious ones who want our world to fall back on it’s knees and be obedient to their myopic visions rooted in misinformation, lies and deceitful behavior. And with all eyes open and working together we can move mountains.

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