To the Editor:

Over 50 years ago, Democrat John F. Kennedy challenged Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you  ...” to the thunderous applause of a proud, self-reliant nation. Today’s batch of career politicians panders to that base, selfish side of each of us simply driven by “what’s in it for me.” Just ask multiple combat tour veterans serving in America’s all-volunteer military about the seemingly oblivious population they most dutifully defend. Total disconnect here cries out for just remedy.

A trumped-up war on women and minorities dominates the public discourse, revealing our incredibly gullible nature. Phony, disingenuous terms such as “diversity” and “social justice” permeate the false bravado of print and broadcast media in the sleaziest form of identity politics. Painfully lost in all the blather and hot air, we ponder the poignant legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream and Rosa Parks’ courage in earnest pursuit of true equality and human dignity, not insulting quotas and destructive handouts.