Mr. Brown, I really wish you would quit referring to the US as "tragically divided", "at war with itself" and the like. You are being overly dramatic.

If you get all your news from the NYT, CNN and similar outlets it may appear that way. But it's not what I see from here in the Midwest. Is the country strongly divided on many issues? It is. So what? Been that way for a long time. Still getting along just fine. The sky is not falling. It's like the old saying, if you have two guys who always agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary.

Nothing the government gives you is free.