Awaken to the Hope He Had. In her January 18, 2026 Letters from an American, the brilliant Heather Cox Richardson (one of my role models) wrote that Dr. King said that he “felt blessed to live in an era when people had finally woken up and were working together for freedom and economic justice.” Woken […]

Americans, there is no “Them.” There’s only us. We need to work together. Compromise and cooperation: Two words with similar meanings but evoke very different feelings when considered together or separately. “Compromise” seems pleasant enough, but there’s always a lingering gut feeling that something was given up–like you didn’t get what you really wanted. It

The great Ken Burns has often said, “There is no them; there’s only us.” It’s high time we Americans, yes, all of us, take a moment to remember that. The American Flag represents all of us, but there’s a narrative that the Flag is just revered by Republicans and not by Democrats. Not so. We

I’m very proud of the efforts of many Democrats in Congress fighting this awful legislation. I think of people like Senators Chris Murphy, Jon Ossoff, and Elissa Slotkin, who fought it to the last inch. Some say it will have trouble passing in the House, so we’ll see. I appreciate the effort. If it passes,