This should be a hopeful, happy period for America — on the verge of another warm, promising summer with its family moments, graduations, weddings, vacations.
But as the United States approaches its 246th birthday, this is also a precarious time because of an alarming, complex array of stubborn problems that look like they’ll be haunting us for a considerable period.
And now, with little attention paid to it, an ominous new national security challenge has emerged over Ukraine as a frail, fumbling president shows no signs of righting his addled mind. More on the new challenge in a moment.
Every president faces major challenges. Let’s be honest. No one in their right mind would vie for that impossible job.