Rugged individualism is embedded into our culture. We want the individual to succeed. We also want our government to succeed. Our government demands that we cooperate with each other. The word “We” becomes most important.

Taking A Day Off From Yourself | Sixty And Me
There’s a line in a song I wrote recently that stayed with me longer than the music: “I know it’s my own doing… bein’ where I be… but that don’t make it easier… livin’ inside of me.” We All Live in Our Own Thoughts I didn’t write that line as


