Commentary: Reviving the American Dream

Commentary: Reviving the American Dream

The United States shut down the government for 43 days and it got me thinking about the American Dream.  What are our goals and objectives as a society to deliver on this dream that is such a big part of the country’s brand. The effect of the shutdown must have some effect on the enablers of the American Dream. When I think about this dream I go back to 1938 when my father, a sharecropper’s son from West Texas, was pushed to go to college by his…