Stories of the builders

A new feature here on Border Stalkers

Hello friends,

Last April, an old friend of mine sent me a note, after I'd quoted from a somewhat double-minded David Brooks column. Brooks expressed hope for a "renewal period" in American life, but also anxiety that such a revival would be "killed in its crib by the intractable forces of cynicism and withdrawal."

"My fear is that we’ve entered a distru…