The American Way: the Common Core

Somewhere in Moscow’s international terminal, an American freedom fighter or domestic terrorist, his exact epitaph yet to be written by the federal powers-that-be, is hiding in between the Starbucks and duty free shop. Edward Snowden’s purported destination from Moscow is Ecuador, and whether he is able to live off-the-grid for the rest of his days (doubtful) or if he is found by the men in black, the ex-CIA employee’s resounding entrance into the public arena is simply the predictable sound of a twelve year old shoe dropping after being suspended in mid-air by paralysis at the federal level of government, a lack of political conviction, and public apathy and disinterest. The debate which surrounds the legality, morality, and consequences of the Patriot Act of 2001 is a serious conversation that Snowden’s shoe hitting the public floor has, perhaps, re-ignited. The new Wiki-Leaks flag-holder is a freedom fighter. He is a criminal. His revelations about the privacy that the American public do (or do not) enjoy are covered by the Constitution. Or they are not. The United States is a country that protects personal liberties. Or it is not. The actions of a 30 year old are helping to revive the fundamentally American practice of questioning, debating, and challenging legislation and policies that give the federal government more power than is intended by the people. Regrettably for Mr. Snowden, the awakening of the American people to the sound of the Patriot Act shoe falling may be twelve years too late–a reflection of the apathy and disinterest in political affairs that has become the new American way.

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