The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Class of 2023 graduates, you face many new challenges.

You’re moving into an adult world that’s becoming increasingly topsy-turvy, thanks to a lot of things – COVID hangovers, social media weirdness, new rules (or lack thereof) for social and political discourse, changing values, ongoing and new threats, etc. etc.

We’re surrounded by conflict, controversy, criticism, rancor, dogmatic snideness, a lack of respect for other views (notice, we didn’t say “agreement,” we said “lack of respect).” Rank intolerance. These days, for too many people, it’s “my way or the highwa...