“A sad house is that in which a father’s seat in vacant; a sadder house is that in which the father has vacated his influence

“Success is the only standard of merit in a general,” said a Confederate during the Civil War.  But if we fill in the blank today with ? a President Obama, unfortunately, since we live in a world inherited from Clinton, success must first be defined.

“A sad house is that in which a father’s seat in vacant; a sadder house is that in which the father has vacated his influence and left the children fatherless even whilst he lives.” Such a sentiment from the mid-1800’s must also be re-worked today.