National Character Counts Week

The White House website provides various announcements, including transcripts of press briefings, summaries of calls/meetings, and lists of nominations. There are also already a lot of presidential proclamations, including for various "days" or "weeks" etc.

The latest is an interesting one that is unlike many that took place so far. Character is cited as "the sum of qualities that defines who we are and how we treat one another" and having a special role in today's world. Quite so. The Trump years were so upsetting in part because of a basic lack of character. Character matters. This should be emphasized.

Character leads to results and affects results. It might seem to some a sort of hazy, ephemeral thing. But, that can be taken too far. People recognize the important of character. We must not ignore the importance of such traits, focusing on other things, like the latest "Democrats in Disarray" or "things are a mess" noise of the day.