The Puppy Solution

Tom Purcell on Feb 22, 2021

“Americans are choosing jobs, brands and friends for partisan reasons,” the libertarian magazine reports.

This is because Americans are becoming way too serious - way too lost in the narrowness of their limited, subjective, partisan points of view.

“Agree with my opinion on all cultural and political matters, or I won’t be your friend,” think many.

“I’ll report you to the HR department and get you in trouble for offending my sensitivity,” think others.

“I’ll boycott your product or service unless you think like I do!” more people are thinking.

That’s because, tragically, we live an era of opinion, not reason and fact.

To everyone’s detriment, especially our own, we impose our will and our political values on others and shun those who refuse to submit.

We have it backwards.

An open heart and open eyes are what we need.

Laughter and affection, not stridency and anger, are what will bring us together and help us we have more in common than we think.

Just become the parent of an eight-week-old puppy - just be inspired by his wonderful view of the world - and we'll all be better off.

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Copyright 2021 Tom Purcell. Tom Purcell, author of "Misadventures of a 1970's Childhood," a humorous memoir available at amazon.com, is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist and is nationally syndicated exclusively by Cagle Cartoons Inc. For info on using this column in your publication or website, contact Sales@cagle.com or call (805) 969-2829. Send comments to Tom at Tom@TomPurcell.com.