Make America Kind Again

A homeless person in Chicago’s Magnificent Mile holds a sign “ make America kind again"

From 1892 to 1954, over 12 million immigrants entered the United States thru Ellis Island, a processing center, in New York’s harbor.  

In the two an a half centuries since America became an independent country 72 million immigrants have made the US home.  These individuals succeeded against all odds to make America a great nation. 

South Soudan is the newest country on planet earth.  In spite of being rich in oil over 100,000 people are facing starvation due to ethnic strife. In addition to South Sudan famine threatens 1.4 million children in Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen according to UNICEF.  While most of theses disasters are due to internal reasons how a great country like America, desist from providing humanitarian assistance to fellow human beings and thus decrease their suffering. 

While we all want America to remain great there are indigents in its inner cities who own so little and depend on generosity for survival.  Four of Chicago’s historic hospitals that provide free care to the needy are Old Cook County Hospital (front left), the new CCH (front right), UIC hospital (back left) and the VA (back right), all of which are uplifting examples of America’s civic vigor.  I was fortunate to observe the good care provided by companionate staff in these public institutions as I worked at UIC, VA and CCH hospitals between the years 1971 and 1992.

"Top Three"

Well, three months have gone by, since I uploaded “Top Ten”.  At that time, the post about New Orleans was the most popular.  We now have a new champion.  The gold medal goes to Porto Rafti, while New Orleans and Cook County Hospital take the silver and bronze medals respectively.  The “Porto Rafti” post was an attempt to show the beauty of the bay at the east shores of the Attica peninsula. 

Porto Rafti is a popular destination for Athenians and celebrities alike such as George Harrison of the Beatles who vacationed there in 1979.

Amazingly, the post about “Cook County Hospital” is now more popular than “Mothers and their children” and “San Francisco”, that were second and third, three months ago.  Cook County as it was affectionately called is a legendary institution that trained more physicians in the U.S. than any other for almost 100 years. 

Here comes the sun 

Here comes the sun, and I say

It's all right

Little darling

It's been a long cold lonely winter

Little darling

It feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun 

Here comes the sun, and I say

It's all right

Little darling

The smiles returning to the faces

Little darling

It seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun, and I say

It's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little darling

I feel that ice is slowly melting

Little darling

It seems like years since it's been clear

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun, and I say

It's all right

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun

It's all right

It's all right