Johanna Gardner

What kind of country are we?

Driving home today, in my “moving office,” pondering the day's events, I began to think how people in other countries must view the American citizen.

We have not seen combat on our continent since the Civil War, yet, at this time, many Americans feel under attack.

Why? Our children go off to school in the morning, and we must wonder if there is a chance that someone will enter their school armed with a military gun, then kill them and their classmates.

This was the case on this recent snowy Monday. Normally, we should have been happy about a beautiful Vermont day.

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