Gutter-scraping tabloids
Uncle Sam needs his best and brightest to report for duty
 | By William Bedford (Bio and Archives) Friday, May 4, 2012 | Print friendly | Subscribe | Email Us |
It’s hard to see how the U.S. can solve its myriad problems unless many of its best and brightest citizens can be persuaded to enter the political arena. But first there has to be a sea-change in the distrust, even hatred, of all governments by millions of Americans.
The best and brightest can hardly be expected to subject themselves and their families to the slings and arrows of bellowing block-heads and the gutter-scraping tabloids.
William Bedford
CFP “Poet in Residence” William Bedford was born in Dublin, Ireland, but has lived in Toronto for most of his life. His poems and articles have been published in many Canadian journals and in some American publications.
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