Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Herb Klinker (FL and Umbria)'s avatar

Good riddance 2020. Good riddance Donald Trump. The best thing of 2020 was discovering Heather Cox Richardson! Your daily affirmations have created it's own movement, it's own energy. And for that we are a grateful nation.

Seventy-five years of economic well-being has lulled Americans into thinking that we were something special, ordained by some almighty being to lead the world. People began to distrust government and why not whens the goings are easy?

No one appreciates what government does until the "Shit hits the fan." Then they clamor for the government to do something. Well, forty years of Movement Conservatives "Starving the Beast" has hamstrung the ability of our leaders to address the serious issues facing us. Couple that with the 2016 election of the most incompetent, most ill-prepared, and most unscrupulous man ever to occupy the White House, and you have the mega-shitstorm of the century.

It's time for a new movement. A movement founded on the common good, decency, and respect for one another. And sometimes the catalyst for that movement is someone you never expected, like a middle-aged, mother of three, from Maine, who took the time to bang out 1200 words: EVERY DAMN NIGHT! A person who teaches you something EVERYDAY!

Here's to better 2021. Here's to a better America. Here's to Dani. And...here's to HCR!

Expand full comment
Sally ArDubbs's avatar

In a year+ of outstanding letters, this one is brilliant! Simply brilliant!

As we begin 2021, I am profoundly grateful for you, HCR. Your calm voice of reason, keen eye for important details and vast knowledge of our political history has given us all a much broader perspective in a year when we could have been buried in the muck and mire that has been 2020. When I felt hopeless in the face of the myriad of woes descending on our country, I hear your calm voice saying "Wait, we've been here before and this is what happened..." Your sleepless nights have not been for naught. There has been a new awakening to the need to be involved in our government and political process. We need to take up oxygen, as you say. Use our voices but also speak with our vote!

Wishing HCR and everyone on this wonderful community a Happy New Year.

Expand full comment
568 more comments...

No posts