High Noon in America: Will You Fight or Hide?

By coincidence, I was watching High Noon this week, just as polls showed President Trump trailing Biden by 9 to10 points nationally.  Like the hero of High Noon, the president sometimes seems to be fighting alone.  It's high noon in America, and after the election, only one man will be left standing. For anyone who hasn't seen it, High Noon is the story of Will Kane (Gary Cooper) and his bride, Amy (Grace Kelly), who are married just as the vicious Miller gang returns to town seeking revenge against Kane for sending their leader to prison.  Though he is free to leave town, Marshall Kane decides that he must remain until the next day, when the new marshal takes over.  A devout Quaker, Amy declares that she will leave her husband if he decides to fight. Though painful, Will Kane's position is not impossible.  His path is clear because he lives by an unwavering code of values.  He remains in town to defend his...(Read Full Article)
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