Thunderation Nation
With all the attention future Secretary of the Treasury gets today, we tend to forget the role—and voices—of other patriots who constructed a new country out of rebellion against a King and crown.
Great thinkers conceived the foundation of a democratic republic, the disproportionate representation that prevented big cities from imposing undue pressures on rural America and smaller towns. Then came the balance of powers that gave weight to the three branches of Federal government.
Madison, Monroe, Adams, Washington, Franklin, others too numerous to count. International figures dedicated to the cause. Squabbling, even raucus contention. Arguably the most fluent and persuasiuve, Thomas Jefferson.
A creative genius, Jefferson composed, and edited, and structured the US Constitution. Famously, in Lin-Manuel's breakthrough take on history, he muses, "Sometimes I wonder whey I even bother to bring nthe thunder," as he lets Hamilton know that he doesn't have the votes for higher office.
As one who spends his life in rants, in bringing supply chain management thunder, sometimes I also wonder why.
The answer is simple: Because it makes a difference; because people need to think about what we do, and why and how. Next comes lightning …