A Must Read       

   This is one of those times when, other than the Bible, a book may be my favorite. 

   Fortitude by Congressman Dan Crenshaw explains the age of outrage.  

   Some of his chapter titles: Sweat the Small Stuff, The Right Sense of Shame, 

A Sense of Duty, Do Something Hard, The Stories We Tell Ourselves, and finally,

The Story of America. 

   It's a must read for younger Americans who will face our uncertain future.

Here are excerpts from a book review:

   "Dan Crenshaw spent a decade as a Navy SEAL and lost his right eye in Afghanistan. Crenshaw thoughtfully criticizes those on the right and the left who ... jump to conclusions. 

   "He ... wonders why many people want to be seen as "oppressed" rather than pressing onward against obstacles. He offers a checklist for measuring ourselves:

'You have a duty to accomplish something every day ... to overcome hardships and not wallow in self pity ... to contribute, even if your contribution is small.' 

   "Crenshaw describes the arduous process for becoming a SEAL and shows how others who fail (much easier tests) blame others and, instead of seeing how they can change, ask, 'Which politician is going to fix it for me?'

   "Crenshaw goes back to Woodrow Wilson's progressivism and sees ... an ideology that is 'unsustainable, inherently anti-liberty and naive in its utopian pursuit.'" 

     Jimmy