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A great painting has many meanings. The oil painting of The Threatened Swan by Dutch Artist Jan Asselijn was created around 1650. The swan appears to be threatened by a dog rearing its ugly head. Some claim the swan is mute. The swan could be protecting its cygnets, as they often ride on their mother’s back, although none are seen. 

In Part Three  (Revisiting John Rawls) of the series THE ROOTS OF RESENTMENT, we contrast the ideological underpinnings of the social Darwinist and the communitarian viewpoints as they relate to the economic basis of society.  In responding to this crisis, John Rawls Theory of Justice provides the theoretical framework.  Considering this theory, we propose some of the practical implications for current politics.

Belle Burden was given the opportunity to write a big book about divorce. Burden’s book, Stranger: A Memoir of Marriage, is a tell-all about nothing at all. It could be perceived as revenge porn, but the characters never take off their clothes to have hot sex.

The killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent is the equivalent of the canary singing in the coal mine. Numerous eyewitness accounts, along with disturbing video footage, explain how Renee Good was killed. Yet the President and other top administration officials would have us believe that her murder was justified. They are lying to the American people—that’s called Gaslighting.  In her article Rx for an Ailing Nation, Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes about the public health concerns coming out of the federal government. She interviews Dr. Stephen Bezruchka, whose new book Inequality Kills Us All: COVID-19’s Health Lessons for the World examines the ever-expanding gap in healthcare between the haves and the have-nots in America. Rosemary Curran writes about the roots of resentment amid the explosive growth of economic inequality. The second part of her three-part series asks: Can a Capitalist Society be Equitable?  On a lighter note, my essay Krystal and the Deep Blue Sea is a profile of a young San Diego woman who is a self-styled acolyte of Elon Musk. At PR for People, we think the killing of Renee Good has coalesced our American values and propelled us to take action to Standup #ForGood.  –Patricia Vaccarino