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August 31, 2021
Nations do not age the way citizens do. Instead, countries should be more resilient as each new generation can continuously renew and reinvigorate the founding ideals. However, nations’ well-being falters if governments do not provide a vision and create roadblocks preventing the present and future generations from interrogating leaders’ policies/pronouncements. Citizens, then, must fashion ways to circumvent obstacles. Thus, while aging tempers the individual, as Shadow elaborates in “Scratch Meh Back,” longevity, under normal circumstances, energizes nation-states. Yet, at 59, T&T is still relatively in its infancy.
We offer two articles in our T&T Independence Issue. First, Clyde Weatherhead’s “We Cyar Stand Up On One Foot” ponders how well we handled/engaged our numerous blessings of natural resources, well-sculptured landscape, and creativity since Independence. In addition, Weatherhead ponders progress, where and why we fell short, and the way forward.
Second, Dr. Rouse’s “Reflections on A Letter Home For Dad” celebrates and contextualizes the ups and downs of life by reflecting on Dr. Joanne Kilgour Dowdy’s pilgrimage. Indeed, Kilgour Dowdy’s artistic and theatrical life nearly parallels the nation’s Independence timeline.
These two articles speak to the ‘mechanics‘ of personal and national transformation.
From BDN Editors