A respected sister of mine, in reference to a disturbing news item, said, 'This is the beginning of the end of America.' My reply: 'It is the middle of the end... we are decades past the beginning of the end.'

A respected sister of mine, in reference to a disturbing news item, said, 'This is the beginning of the end of America.'  My reply:   'It is the middle of the end... we are decades past the beginning of the end.'