“ It is pointless to resist. ” That is what Darth Vader tells Luke SkyWalker as they both stand before the evil Emperor Palpatine. It is a pivotal moment. Will Luke succumb to the desire for power that has overtaken Darth Vader and the Emperor and join in their quest for domination or will Luke resist and in so doing possibly die? It is difficult not to feel that sentiment in recent times. Is it just me or does it seem like every week since about 2019 has been filled with one horrible historic event after another? COVID with daily death counts and arguments over masks, lock downs and vaccines. Horrific school shootings along with even more horrific mass shootings. Protests and riots. Disgusting displays of racism and a host of other terrible things. All of that is enough. Yet added to all of that is Russian military aggression and right-wing conspiracies that brought about actions that came dangerously close to altering the peaceful transfer of power in America. In the mix of all of th...
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