Common Sense: The question
Ronald Reagan’s birthday was last Friday, February 6. It would have been his 104th. Conservatives like myself tend to judge all political, philosophical and governmental things comparatively to his eight years in office.
Considering that he practically coined the expression, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” in an effort to focus voters during a political campaign, I think it is appropriate to raise the question today as it relates to America.
I think, when looking at the international situation, most Americans would say no. The strangling hold terrorism has over so much of the world has affected us all. And unfortunately there seems to be no reason to believe that we have turned the corner on this war as of yet.