A little more than one year after losing arguably the greatest basketball player to ever pick up a basketball in Kobe Bryant, we now find ourselves shocked by the near fatal single vehicular accident involving Tiger Woods, who most revere as the greatest athlete to ever pick up a golf club. Whether you attribute the recent catastrophic events plaguing the people of the United States to religion, coincidence, bad luck, or some reprimand from a higher power you may worship due to perceived injustices, one thing is certain, we are living in a nation that is experiencing dark and volatile times.