americas retirement crisis is as consequential as our healthcare crisis we mustered the will to do the hard work of extending access to healthcare to all americans we must also meet a just and civilized standard for retirement so that retirement is a time of security not poverty the real retirement crisis the sheas take america very seriously as i suspect most military families do when stacy shea talks of how great america really is theres no doubt or missing the conviction in her voice american hero stories a seal wife and children one of the good things about academic associations is that they often invite students to participate in meaningful discussions about professional matters such was the case at last months citadel symposium on southern politics in charleston sc college students present research on southern politics