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A New Generation
January 20, 2025, the two oldest men to ever be sworn in as President of the United States were within less than ten feet from each other. Despite their sharing advanced years, one truly represented the determined transition in the culture of governance at the federal level. The other represented an old-guard approach centered around an elite political class. The latter one sat in his chair as the man who was both his predecessor and successor outlined not just the abject failures of the old guard but an aggressive commitment to a change in both direction and method.
The casual observer might have thought the first individual was speaking only about himself and his new political moment in the sun. But they would have missed the true image of what the speaker intends. Election after election we have listened to promises of “change,” sometimes sprinkled with a little “hope” or even “joy”. But the promisers of either party had few changes in mind that would benefit anybody but the government itself.