Veterans

 It’s the men and women of military service who most directly represent American values. They volunteer, are trained and often risk their lives for their country, sent by an older generation who fails to respond to the life needs of them and their families.

Many of these veterans, when they leave the service, go into service professions that again put their lives in jeopardy—police, fire and EMT for example.
They are disciplined workers in a very undisciplined world. They are true heroes among the empty heroes we so often find in sports and entertainment.
I thank them and wish them every good thing.