Perhaps 2018 can be when we actually take control

Monday is the first day of 2018, and I for one am very happy for that. Frankly, 2017 has not been a very good year for me in many ways and I can’t wait to see it go bye-bye.

As for 2018, right now I’m a little pessimistic about how good it will be. There are many indicators that seem to foreshadow a year not so different from the one that’s about to exit.

In fact many Americans feel it could be worse, according to various polls. About 73 percent see the world as being more violent in 2018, six in 10 saying race relations are getting worse and about the same believing the country is – once agai...