My Fellow Citizens, I grew up watching Wonder Woman fly across the country in her invisible jet. My grandmother loved Linda Carter in this show. I was very young, and she wanted me to feel empowered by this female superhero. I thought the whole thing looked like a bad game
My Fellow Citizens, I recently discovered one of my favorite Harriet Tubman quotes. The words describe her. They are not her own but they still speak to why it’s important to hear voices like hers. Writing in 1875, Harriet Beecher Stowe described Tubman when she visited the famous author’
My Fellow Citizens, It would be absurd to send a normal newsletter this week. Luckily, my family only suffered inconveniences during this winter storm in Texas. These inconveniences, however, are still best understood as the failure of government. Texans died this week or spent their days panicking over the threat
My Fellow Citizens, “Two Americas” has been a theme in our political discussion for decades. Headlines in January warned that a “clash of Two Americas” was real and could get worse [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/03/trump-era-division-america].” That’s a tale of Republicans vs. Democrats. It reads
My Fellow Citizens, A lot of magic happens on a successful Inauguration Day. This 59th rotation [https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/past-inaugural-ceremonies/]through the ceremonies and traditions came with a shared sense of relief after everything had seemed so dangerously compromised. While there is logistical wizardry at every turn throughout