Washington 1
Melissa’s pin had a bright red ruby in it.As she walked the Washington Mall she kept track of who noticed.Most passed by, but more than a few noticed and considered. Often,they were the bright staffers to the older elite: paid to carefullyfollow the social-political trends and know how to guide the rulersof America’s great capital, in decline perhaps but mightystill.
The decline came from rot within America aswell as the rise of a new power. Describing the rot was the stuffof politics: nasty President? Political Correctness? Parties notable to put country before partisanship? Vagrancy? Intolerance?Tolerance? Immigrants? Confederacy? Each a theory: selection ofwhat theory defined politics; it was a ‘we are the opposite of whatwe hate most’ era. Melissa found little thoughtful
