You just succinctly captured the sum total of all four years of my living and learning while attending the little trade school on the banks of the Severn: "character matters".
We LOVE Annapolis and it was our go-to get-away spot for the years we lived in S. Maryland for all the reasons you cited. The history alone makes it a beacon for those (like me) who get caught up in the nostalgia of walking the same streets as some of our Nation's founding fathers. And I'm sure that they were muttering the same frustrations back then: "Parking is impossible here..."
Your words: "...urging us to confront this tough issue, during the negotiating process as delegates wrestled with several issues requiring profoundly painful compromises" are illustrative of our lack of bi-partisan compromise today. Can you just imagine if, for some reason, our current Government body were confronted with a situation that required them to work together in creating a lasting document which would be relied upon to govern and define our lives and liberties 200 years into the future? The level of "painful compromises" our forefathers experienced would pale in comparison to the chaos that would ensue in current day efforts. I fear we'd all be swept up by whatever causal event required such an attempt and would never live to see any shred of success.
You just succinctly captured the sum total of all four years of my living and learning while attending the little trade school on the banks of the Severn: "character matters".
Some things don't change.
We LOVE Annapolis and it was our go-to get-away spot for the years we lived in S. Maryland for all the reasons you cited. The history alone makes it a beacon for those (like me) who get caught up in the nostalgia of walking the same streets as some of our Nation's founding fathers. And I'm sure that they were muttering the same frustrations back then: "Parking is impossible here..."
Your words: "...urging us to confront this tough issue, during the negotiating process as delegates wrestled with several issues requiring profoundly painful compromises" are illustrative of our lack of bi-partisan compromise today. Can you just imagine if, for some reason, our current Government body were confronted with a situation that required them to work together in creating a lasting document which would be relied upon to govern and define our lives and liberties 200 years into the future? The level of "painful compromises" our forefathers experienced would pale in comparison to the chaos that would ensue in current day efforts. I fear we'd all be swept up by whatever causal event required such an attempt and would never live to see any shred of success.