PLAYING WITH FIRE
Playing With Fire
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We pass them everyday. Here in our cities, even in our small towns. Here in the richest, most powerful nation on earth, no; in the history of earth. My parents generation used the phrase “Down on his luck.” It was a philosophical statement. The implication was that things were out of their control and but…