America At The Brink and On the Brink
America at the Brink: From Order to Anarchy If I offer an opinion about the USA over the past 5 or 6 years, one word comes to mind, Anarchy . Anarchy is more than chaos—it is the absence of governing authority, a state where laws lose meaning and society spirals into disorder. For centuries, America stood as the antithesis of anarchy: a constitutional republic built on the rule of law. Our founders understood that liberty without law is not freedom—it is an invitation to tyranny and chaos. For over 200 years, this principle anchored our national identity. But today, as headlines scream of shootings near the White House, political assassinations, and rampant lawlessness, we must ask: Have we crossed the threshold into anarchy? A Nation Built on Laws From the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 , America embraced a radical idea: that laws—not monarchs, mobs, or military juntas—would govern the land. This framework gave rise to the most prosperous and stable society ...