Words matter

Sure it's terrible that our government has separated kids from parents.  What is worse is they may not be able to reunite the kids with parents for a very long time.  And the refusal to provide access to congressmen and journalists inside the place where these folks are kept is not worthy of a democracy.  Plus, the dispersion of kids around the country shows a callous disregard for humanity.

But, please please let's avoid the use of "the Nazis" as an accurate or apt label to describe what is happening.  However bad it is, and it's surely very bad, what the Nazi regime did to other human beings is far, far worse than what we are seeing now.  Separating kids from parents is something the SS did - yes - but what happened to these people afterward, and the conditions in which they lived, is far beyond this disgrace.

I suspect those who use the term are outraged and grasp for the epithet that satisfies their need to express their outrage.  But, using such an extreme term risks a reaction that blunts the effect intended.  It may be that those who use the term "Nazi" simply do not understand the cruel horrors and unspeakable devastation that Germans imposed on captured people.

Still, where is our Congress??!! Grow a pair and get this taken care of!!

Voting results and protection

Why have we not launched a vigorous national effort to learn what happened in 2016, and prevent the intrusion by outside powers in future elections?  We should have a national movement that includes states and the federal government, supported by resources from our very fine technology companies.  The fact that we have not taken aggressive action, especially against Russia when our intelligence community is so certain of their attempts, is evidence of political cowardice, or collusion.

If the audit of our election results, machines, and software that should be taking place is not, then we should show those responsible to the door and shame them out of any position of public trust.

We are a great nation, with an enviable constitutional system.  Why are our leaders not providing energetic and effective leadership?  Trump, you're failing  McConnell, you're a disgrace.  Ryan, absent without leave.  And where are our vaunted technology titans when their country needs them?

If it's politics - the fear of finding the election was compromised - then even more reason to find out why and how it happened.  We need honorable people, not those the founders feared would damage the country through the effects of faction.

Lincoln

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.
The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion.
As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. 
We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.

December 1862, but seems to apply to our situation today.