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"Popular podcaster. I have listened to a few in the car when travelling north or south to see family." — May 19, 2025 03:25PM
"Popular podcaster. I have listened to a few in the car when travelling north or south to see family." — May 19, 2025 03:25PM
“WE DON’T ACTUALLY WANT TO GO BACK. We just think we do, sometimes, when we feel more alert to losses than to gains.”
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
“It’s like changing channels every five minutes between The Wire, Parks and Recreation, and, occasionally, Veep.”
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
― Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
“We cannot have a free Government without elections, and if the rebellion could force us to forego or postpone a national election, it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.”
― Trust: America's Best Chance
― Trust: America's Best Chance
“Our ability to trust in institutions and in one another—the ability to trust that we are subject to the same facts, even living in the same reality—is now endangered. A combination of causes has brought us to this point, a crisis of trust that has the potential to be paralyzing.”
― Trust: America's Best Chance
― Trust: America's Best Chance
“We stood at the edge of the farmer's field, squinting even though it was overcast. That's part of life on the Prairies. When the sky is more than two-thirds of your existence, there's no choice but to squint, even on an overcast day.”
― Fall from Grace
― Fall from Grace
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