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September 23, 2023
Taking a deep breath and spending a quiet night with my family before the book tour starts next week, so no letter tonight. My friend Peter Ralston took…
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September 22, 2023
Two major stories today seem to bring together both the past and the future of the country to chart a way forward. The first involves a historic…
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September 21, 2023
The Senate has confirmed three top defense leaders. Last night it confirmed Air Force General Charles Q. Brown Jr. to replace Army General Mark A…
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September 20, 2023
The fight over how we conceive of our federal government was on full display today. The Biden administration announced the creation of the American…
Sep 21
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September 19, 2023
House Republicans appear to be barreling toward a government shutdown, unable to agree even to debate a bill to fund the military. That rejection made…
Sep 20
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September 18, 2023
Headlines this morning said that “Congress” is in crisis. But that construction obscures the true story: the Republicans are in crisis, and they are…
Sep 19
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September 17, 2023
Friday, September 15, was the fourth anniversary of these Letters from an American, although they did not then have a title. When I posted a roundup of…
Sep 18
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September 16, 2023
The storm has left us safe and sound, and this is how it said goodbye. We are still without power and operating on a generator, so I’m going to leave it…
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September 15, 2023 (Friday)
At 10:22 this morning, a Jewish temple in Birmingham, Alabama, blew the shofar, and churches rang their bells four times. It was at that moment, sixty…
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September 14, 2023
Yesterday, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced he would not run for reelection. That announcement came just as The Atlantic published an excerpt from a…
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September 13, 2023
Russian president Vladimir Putin met with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un today in Russia’s far east. His need to turn to North Korea’s isolated leader…
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September 12, 2023
Members of the House of Representatives returned to work today after their summer break. They came back to a fierce fight over funding the government…
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