this is particularly poignant: "I still think most Americans want the same things, but I don’t see how we even get ourselves to sit at the same Thanksgiving table. When I wrote the book with Meghan, we did so because we thought the Obama/Romney election was getting too divisive. Obama/Romney! Now we’…
this is particularly poignant: "I still think most Americans want the same things, but I don’t see how we even get ourselves to sit at the same Thanksgiving table. When I wrote the book with Meghan, we did so because we thought the Obama/Romney election was getting too divisive. Obama/Romney! Now we’ve got one of our presidential standard bearers calling American citizens, the people he is hoping to lead, “vermin.” If you’re not sure which candidate I’m referring to, it’s the one currently sitting in a criminal courtroom in Manhattan. When half the country supports somebody like that, how do you begin a conversation about comity?"
dear michael,
another thoughtful piece!
this is particularly poignant: "I still think most Americans want the same things, but I don’t see how we even get ourselves to sit at the same Thanksgiving table. When I wrote the book with Meghan, we did so because we thought the Obama/Romney election was getting too divisive. Obama/Romney! Now we’ve got one of our presidential standard bearers calling American citizens, the people he is hoping to lead, “vermin.” If you’re not sure which candidate I’m referring to, it’s the one currently sitting in a criminal courtroom in Manhattan. When half the country supports somebody like that, how do you begin a conversation about comity?"
good questions!
thank you for sharing.
love
myq