“Everything can be taken from a [wo]man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Viktor Frankl It’s hardest to tell the kids. I startled awake at 4 AM the day after the election, and before even looking at my … Continue reading The Sun Always Comes Up
Last night, a poll out of Iowa dropped that has the political world gobsmacked. According to Ann Selzer’s Des Moines Register poll, which is widely considered the gold-standard poll in Iowa, Kamala Harris now leads in Iowa by three points. For reference, Donald Trump won Iowa in 2020 by 8 points. (Just one point off of the … Continue reading The Shock is Shocking: Pundits Don’t Seem to Get This Election
It’s the week of Halloween – a celebratory yet shadowy time, when we’re primed to scare ourselves with animatronic monsters and scary movies and stories about things that go bump in the night. And so on Saturday night, like families all across the country, we went trick-or-treating. Every year, we walk to a nearby neighborhood … Continue reading Fear Factor: Halloween Edition
It was such a mild and beautiful afternoon that not many people were home to answer the door. But that didn’t stop my friend from running through his turf. He had been out knocking doors for a local Democratic nominee in a quiet, tree-lined suburban St. Louis community – one that’s so well known for being … Continue reading Bearing Witness: Democrats Holding Space and Opening Doors
Small Deeds Done 