This is why we write

There’s a stigma associated with bad news. I get it. In an ideal world there would be nothing but good news oozing from the atmosphere. Unfortunately, the last time I checked, utopia is not real and that leaves us with two options. We can blindly assume all is perfect with the world and hope for the best, or we can know the challenges we face and work together to be better. There’s more work to the latter but the rewards of enlightenment and progress are astounding.  

If you’ve never heard of the investigation into the Bethesda Home for Girls, give it a google, and if you haven’t watched All the President’s Men, you’re overdue. If neither rings a bell, think about the CBS investigative series “48 Hours”. These are instances where we crave the truth and understand knowing, although difficult at first, leads to positive progress — progress that we praise.