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“But the more rural the American, the more dependent he is for his way of life on the U.S. government. And the more rural the American, the more likely he was to have voted for Donald Trump. So you might think that Trump, when he took office, would do everything he could to strengthen and grow the little box marked “Rural Development.” That’s not what has happened.”
― The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
― The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
“Emergencies are crucibles that contain and reveal the daily, slower-burning problems of medicine and beyond—our vulnerabilities; our trouble grappling with uncertainty, how we die, how we prioritize and divide what is most precious and vital and limited; even our biases and blindnesses.”
― Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
― Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
“The Puritan witch hunts may be long over, but something fanatical about unruly women still lurks in our national subconscious.”
― What Happened
― What Happened
“Picking the midpoint between two sides, no matter how extreme one of them is, isn't balanced. It's false equivalence.”
― What Happened
― What Happened
“In my experience, the balancing act women in politics have to master is challenging at every level, but it gets worse the higher you rise. If we’re too tough, we’re unlikable. If we’re too soft, we’re not cut out for the big leagues. If we work too hard, we’re neglecting our families. If we put family first, we’re not serious about the work. If we have a career but no children, there’s something wrong with us, and vice versa. If we want to compete for a higher office, we’re too ambitious. Can’t we just be happy with what we have? Can’t we leave the higher rungs on the ladder for men? Think how often you’ve heard these words used about women who lead: angry, strident, feisty, difficult, irritable, bossy, brassy, emotional, abrasive, high-maintenance, ambitious (a word that I think of as neutral, even admirable, but clearly isn’t for a lot of people).”
― What Happened
― What Happened
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