Is there a connection between violent crime, official deafness and indolence, and an overall loathing of our country? Is there a chance that interested constituents - parents, newlyweds, emigres, and other hopefuls - can actually recapture their homes and communities? Observer John Longenecker identifies an unsettling similarity between the loudest and rudest voices in office, the most disparate double standards and coercive forces, and he proposes a gutsy solution.