Editor s note: The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University recently enlisted more than two dozen students, academics, social activists, former governors and journalists to compose short, personal essays reflecting on social and political upheaval of the past year of the pandemic.
Eagleton s This I Believe project was inspired by legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow, who launched his radio show during the Cold War, when, as Eagleton Director John Farmer points out, Americans were questioning their life choices and values under the threat of nuclear annihilation.
Here is a contribution from USA TODAY Network Columnist Charles Stile, reflecting on the enduring faith of American optimism despite upheaval and the formidable political obstacles that stand in the road to reform.
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A tree fell on an occupied portable toilet in Gettysburg National Military Park on Friday, trapping a man who was using the john at the historic Civil War battlefield, authorities said.
Rescuers who responded to the south-central Pennsylvania park had to saw part of the tree and cut open the porta-potty to free the man, a local fire official told the York Daily Record.