What really matters anymore?

It all started with Bill Clinton's "what is the definition of is" and "I did not have sexual relations with that woman". There is no right and wrong, only the legality of black and white. (Unless you are black, in which case....well, that's another blog.) The irony is that the party of values that trashed the Democrats for two decades over the fuzzy meaning of words now find themselves in the same situation. Is it collusion to want to win? What politician doesn't play dirty to get elected? Did he really break the law? These are the same mental gymnastics Democrats went through with Bill Clinton, and this points to the problems with Hillary. But enough about the 2016 election - they both sucked and both are corrupt. But let's just admit that. The Trumps are as crooked as Hillary just differently. Stop apologizing, stop defending, stop justifying. Tell Kellyanne just to admit "Yeah, they are douches. But they won." Let's just call a spade a spade (back to the black and white concept). So the Trumps are corrupt, just as the Clintons are. As a teacher, how do I encourage kids to "do right"? Don't bully. Don't lie. Don't steal ideas and call them your own. Don't touch people who don't want to be touched. Don't make fun of those less fortunate. Don't use your position (with wealth, with social status, with opportunity) to hurt or limit others. Yeah, all of that is bullsh** now. (Pardon the language - but even that doesn't matter anymore.) Get what you can. Steal what you can. Lie what you can. Hurt who you can. That is politics now, and it is society too. This is what makes me sad. Nothing really matters anymore. Not right, only might. May I suggest that we all watch Richard Harris in the musical "Camelot"? We have become a modernized middle ages where the nobility run over the peasants and the peasants bow and scrape. What really matters anymore? Obviously, most of us hold our family dear and that takes most of our attention. We have jobs. We have bills. We have kids, grandkids, or furry animals that depend of us. The temptation to retreat into that is strong especially in the national environment of anything goes. Except it doesn't. Right is right, not might, not wealth. Yes, Democrats AND Republicans are responsible. Ethics has been obscured by legalities. Jesus came to cast aside the law. We can safely hold to "what is right" not what is legal. I don't care if you believe in small government or big. If you believe in regulation or free market. The anathema that faces us right now matters, matters as much as the existence of our country. You and I may differ on policy specifics, but we can both agree what happens now matters. It matters a lot. Take a stand. Draw a line. Raise your voice. Put your Senators and Representatives on your cell phone, local and national offices. (Ted Cruz's office is a joke FYI.) Stand up for what is right.