Make America Better Again

Everyone’s so worried about being woke, even private schools are joining public schools and pushing sex education on young kids.

And of course Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is being blasted as the bad guy by the liberal media because he doesn’t want kids being taught about sex and gender fluidity in kindergarten.

Seeing all these unnecessary economic and social troubles makes me sad, but I’m not sad for me.

I’m sad for the country. I’m sad for my son who is 43 and my daughter who is 38.

But mostly I’m sad for my granddaughters who are six and almost four. What kind of future are they going to grow up in?

Sometimes – especially if you are not as old as I am or watch too much TV -- it can all look hopeless.

It looks like there’s nothing we can do to get back to being the America where people are happy, prosperous and civil to one another even when they argue over politics.

As I tell my kids, remember 1979.

That was a year the whole country was bummed out. Inflation was roaring, interest rates were in the teens, the Soviet Empire was still dangerous and cars were lined up for blocks at gas stations.

But all that misery ended almost overnight when Jimmy Carter was replaced by Ronald Reagan.

So remember, as I tell my kids, it only takes one election to change America for the better again. We proved it in 1980 and we can prove it again in 2024 -- first with a little help this fall.

Michael Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, is an author, speaker and president of the Reagan Legacy Foundation. Send comments to reagan@caglecartoons.com and follow @reaganworld on Twitter.