One thing that you can count on in life is that things are going to change.\u00a0 And these days the pace of change in America is absolutely breathtaking.\u00a0 Our culture is in the process of being radically transformed, and the direction of that change has not altered very much at all no matter which political party has been in power in Washington.\u00a0 Many of the values that are now embraced by a solid majority of the population run directly counter to the values that once dominated our society, but only a small minority of Americans seem alarmed by that fact.\u00a0 It appears to be exceedingly unlikely that there will be any deviating from the path that our nation has chosen, because at this point the American people seem quite satisfied with the dramatic \u201cprogress\u201d that is taking place.<\/span><\/p>\n So what do you think?<\/span><\/p>\n Are we on the right track as a nation?<\/span><\/p>\n As you ponder that question, here are 10 examples for you to consider that show how dramatically the U.S. has changed as we approach 2020\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n #1<\/strong> The ACLU has started a campaign to make tampons available in all men\u2019s restrooms across America<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling for men\u2019s restrooms to include tampons in order to prevent discrimination against \u201cevery person who menstruates.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhile free menstrual products are not uniformly provided in women\u2019s restrooms, they are almost never available in men\u2019s restrooms, even for pay,\u201d the group said in a statement Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n #2<\/strong> Senseless violence is on the rise all over the country.\u00a0 On Sunday, we witnessed the worst mass shooting in the city of Chicago \u201csince at least 2013\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Chicago police are questioning a person of interest after 13 people were wounded, four of them critically, during a shooting inside a memorial gathering early Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n More people were wounded in the shooting than at any other in the city since at least 2013, when 13 people were shot in Back of the Yards, according to data gathered by the Tribune.<\/span><\/p>\n #3<\/strong> It has been another banner year for homicides in the Baltimore area, and 7 more people were shot outside of a hookah lounge very early on Sunday morning<\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n After seven people, including three teenagers, were shot outside a downtown hookah lounge early Sunday morning, Baltimore leaders are again looking for answers to stem what police are calling a \u201cbrazen\u201d level of violent crime.<\/span><\/p>\n Two unidentified men \u2014 one armed with a rifle and the other, a handgun \u2014 approached a crowd of people standing in line outside the iVilla Hookah Lounge at 225 Park Ave. around 1:45 a.m. and opened fire, striking and wounding seven people, Baltimore police said.<\/span><\/p>\n #4<\/strong> State legislators in California keep talking about how much they love \u201ceducation\u201d, but once again California has the highest percentage of residents that \u201chave never completed ninth grade\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n California once again ranked No. 1 among the 50 states for the percentage of its residents 25 and older who have never completed ninth grade and 50th for the percentage who have at least graduated from high school, according to new five-year estimates (2014-2018) released Thursday by the Census Bureau\u2019s American Community Survey.<\/span><\/p>\n #5<\/strong> Speaking of California, Dr. Marc Siegel says that San Francisco has become a city that is \u201cawash in human waste\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/span> because of all the drug addicts that are pooping wherever they feel like doing so\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel<\/strong><\/span><\/a> says San Francisco\u00a0residents\u00a0should be worried about the homeless crisis<\/a>\u2018 effect on their health after video surfaced of\u00a0a homeless man defecating in the middle of an aisle at a local grocery store.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIsn\u2019t it ironic that a city of germaphobes, of exercise-conscious, environmentally conscious [people] \u2026\u00a0are now in a city that\u2019s awash in human waste, which is spreading hepatitis A outbreaks every year,\u201d Siegel said on \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Tuesday. \u201cBig outbreaks of hepatitis A, rats in the streets feeding off of the garbage in sewage, typhus, typhoid fever, rotten bacterial infections and even the plague may be coming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n #6<\/strong> In our \u201cif it feels good, do it\u201d society, all of the traditional rules regarding sex, marriage and family have been discarded.\u00a0 This has paved the way for completely new \u201carrangements\u201d that would have seemed extremely bizarre to past generations of Americans.\u00a0 For example, one polyamorous woman in Florida has decided to raise her coming baby with all four of her \u201cpartners\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Tory Ojeda, 20, from Jacksonville, Florida, met one of her partners Marc, 18, in high school and then started a relationship with Travis, 23, two months later.<\/span><\/p>\n Their love story began three years ago and she has since announced her engagement to Travis in July.<\/span><\/p>\n She also found love with their long-term mutual friends Ethan, 22, and Christopher, 22. While seven months ago, Tory and Chris found out that they were pregnant with a baby girl.<\/span><\/p>\n #7<\/strong> Last week, the fact that a man was just sentenced \u201cto more than 15 years in prison for burning an LGBTQ flag\u201d made headlines all over the nation<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n A man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa.<\/span><\/p>\n Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for the hate crime of arson, as well as a year for the reckless use of explosives or fire, and 30 days for harassment. The sentences are to be served consecutively, Story County court records show.<\/span><\/p>\n #8<\/strong> Meanwhile, illegal immigrants can commit serious crime after serious crime in the state of California and just keep getting released.\u00a0 The following comes from the official White House website<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n A citizen of Guatemala and alleged gang member was arrested by SFPD more than 10 times between 2013 and 2017<\/strong> for charges including rape, domestic battery, second degree robbery, assault, and vehicle theft. On each occasion, ICE requested notification of his release or transfer of the individual to ICE custody. Each time, ICE\u2019s request was declined.<\/span><\/p>\n #9<\/strong> In her brand new Netflix stand-up special, Michelle Wolf told America that getting an abortion made her feel like a \u201cgod\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou can feel any way you want after an abortion,\u201d Wolf said, before imploring members of the crowd to \u201cget one\u201d and see how they feel afterward.<\/span><\/p>\n The comic went on to describe her own emotions after getting a termination. \u201cYou know how my abortion made me feel? Very powerful,\u201d she boasted,\u201d according to the Daily Wire<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. \u201cI walked out of there being like, \u2018Move over Morgan Freeman, I am God!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n #10<\/strong> 30 years ago, about two-thirds of the population of the country attended church services at least somewhat regularly.\u00a0 But today, only about one-third of all Americans say that they attend church services regularly<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n About one-third of Americans now say they worship weekly and two-thirds say they rarely or never attend a service.<\/span><\/p>\n The decline in attendance is real. The northern states are seeing much more decline than southern states.<\/span><\/p>\n Of course the examples I have just shared with you are just the tip of the iceberg.<\/span><\/p>\n In America today, the suicide rate is at an all-time high, we are fighting the worst drug crisis in our history<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, according to the CDC more than 110 million Americans have an STD, and we have the highest percentage of children living with a single parent<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of any nation in the entire world.<\/span><\/p>\n I would love to hear someone out there try to make a coherent case that America is actually moving in the right direction, because up to this point I have been completely unable to find anyone that can make the other side of the argument.<\/span><\/p>\n And that is because it has become glaringly obvious that we are in the process of committing national suicide<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The change that our country needs is not going to happen in Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n What we really need is a fundamental change of direction in our hearts, because it is in our hearts where the real problem is festering.<\/span><\/p>\n About the Author<\/strong>: I am a voice crying out for change in a society that generally seems content to stay asleep. 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