Left vs Right. Are We In Trouble? By Hank Silverberg Those of you who are regular readers of “Time to Think” already know that I am not very fond of those on the far right. Their narrow view of the world and their drive to force us back into the past is moving the United States away from greatness and destroying much of the progress we have made at home and abroad over the last 40 years. We are a diverse nation filled with bountiful resources that, if properly managed, can continue to help us and the world for decades to come. Many on the right deny climate change despite the overwhelming science behind it. They ignore racism, and its cost to us all, even when it stares them in the face, and they disdain the safety net for the poor, even though helping others is the American thing to do. The right, with the help of an ill-mannered, egotistical, incompetent buffoon in the White House has pushed many people to the brink. The political pendulum has almost reached the e