The woman waited until the last minute to pack for her trip. Hurriedly she threw in her clothes and needed items, and grabbed a handful of important items from her drawer and stuffed those in her purse. She caught a taxi and raced to the airport, then hurried to check-in. When asked for her ID, she pulled out her passport, placed it on the counter and continued searching around in her purse. “Excuse me, ma’am,” said the airline worker, “but your bankbook is not adequate identification.” WHAT? Explained the woman, as she jerked to attention-and then realized that she had tossed the wrong blue booklet on the counter. It was the bankbook account where she placed all the coins she collected in her savings jar. Embarrassed, she reached for the bankbook, which the attendant had opened, and glanced at. Handing the book over the attendant remarked, “Not really very solvent, are we?” Is Our Society Solvent? So, yes, solvency often refers to having sufficient money, but the story made me really think about what it means to be solvent. The good ole Thesaurus defines solvent as sound, substantial, good, reliable, solid. And I began to ponder the state of today’s world and society in general. Whatever happened to common decency?  Where did all this violence come from?  Why are people…….