Will the 2024 election really serve to determine whether the United States remains united - and if it will prove to be a nation of order or disorder? Interestingly, polling indicates a growing portion of the electorate has been turning away from party fealty, toward Democrats in 2020 and now leaning Republican. Is there serious future likelihood of an evolving third party in our democracy - or an independently financed presidential campaign by a prominent, accomplished and respected personality?

America’s present course seems destined for potential chaos as law enforcement is overwhelmed by spontaneous insurrections that are encouraged by judicial indifference.

The public is gradually awakening to the reality that generational change is at work, motivated by extreme notions of personal behavioral freedom. The seeds of another revolutionary uprising are being sown in an “anything goes” environment that ultimately (and ironically) can invite authoritarian rule.

Phil Osifer