Different Values

<p>This is not intentionally a religious book. But on occasion I mention a personal belief and in the final chapter I reference the God of Abraham in whom Jews Muslims and Christians profess belief.</p><p></p><p>I mention this because the book can be read as a response to the challenge the people's pope gave to society at the start of the pandemic. In <em>The New York Times</em> on November 20 2020 Pope Francis wrote A crisis reveals what is in our hearts. To come out of this crisis better than we went in we must let ourselves be touched by others' pain.</p><p></p><p>As I considered many of the changes in American culture that moved to center stage during the Covid pandemic I wondered to what extent that challenge has been met. This book is one response to that question.</p>