Henry Nickel is a Rail Analyst for Riverside County Transportation Commission and candidate for the 63rd Assembly District. He can be reached at info@herynickel.com. His website can be found at: www.henrynickel.com
Nearly every generation of Americans has faced a time in which the underlying presumptions and blessings of this great state and nation are partially stripped away if for only a time. It is during such moments when the spirit of who we are as a nation and as individual citizens shines through, teaching us once more that nothing comes without a price. The successors to the generation of Vietnam, rock and roll and free love are fast finding that not all things come to Americans as a birth right. We live in a time of instant gratification, anonymous interaction, perceived rights to privileges not earned and little knowledge of just where the comforts we take for granted come from and at what cost. Not unlike prior generations, the next is on the verge of a great awakening to the fundamental truths that have made our nation a beacon of hope to all humanity for centuries.