Logical and realistic in my view , though not cheery for our future as Americans .
We have benefitted greatly from the global acceptance of the petrodollar , but our industrial might was lost because of reliance on imports , as Mr. Copper has pointed out .
I was named after an uncle by that name which translates from Scots Gaelic to Alexander MacLeod .
He died very young , barely in his 20’s – not uncommon a century ago .