Sometimes it is difficult to accept the reality that we are living in this country at this time in our lives. And it is even more challenging to understand how individuals can observe what is happening in our country on a daily basis and come away with totally opposing viewpoints.

Take, for example, several submissions that appeared in recent editions of The SandPaper. The Sept. 9 edition featured a very prominently placed commentary by John Imperiale (“Everyone Can Do Something – The Young, Old…