temptations

Open borders aren’t politically feasible now, but what is possible is resistance to the temptations of xenophobia and nationalism in the U.S. and parts of Europe.

Girl succumbs to her temptations while walking through the aisles.

Everyone’s temptations, whether helpful or not, come into view at the same time.

As I suggested earlier, the analytical task here is to tread carefully between the twin temptations of unwarranted optimism and hopeless cynicism.

Like other Americans and members of society, they too are tired, sleep-deprived and exhausted, ground down and feeling the temptations of futility and of succumbing to learned helplessness in the face of Trump’s reign.