America Matters: Leadership, Vigilance, Collaboration

America’s cauldron of corruption and culture of violence threaten our national security and principles of democracy, freedom, and liberty.

The Statue of Liberty in New York. Anthony Delanoix/Unsplash.com/Public Domain

The second verse in our treasured song, “America the Beautiful,” reminds us of our noble history and beckons us to reawakening the nation:

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America, America!
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.

This verse is an inspiring reminder of our destiny, forged by history, demanding that we rise from contemporary challenges to the ideals that America stands for.

America’s Cauldron of Corruption

Just a few days ago, America was once again blistered by another corruption scandal exemplifying our crisis of character.

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once one of the state’s most powerful politicians, was convicted of charges involving devious schemes to earn $5 million illegally and then lying about it.

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves a federal court in Lower Manhattan, New York City, on Nov. 30, 2015. A jury found Silver guilty on all seven charges against him in a federal corruption trial that lasted five-weeks. Spencer Platt/Getty Images