I'm so grateful that Heather Cox Richardson is as prolific in her writing and her appearances as she is in this moment. While I'm much more optimistic than I had been, we still face great challenges in meeting this moment and holding on to our democracy. Her latest is a comforting, even inspiring piece, which included:
When President Joe Biden announced just a week ago that he would not accept the Democratic nomination for president, he did not pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris. He passed it to us.
Indeed.
And we don't just "get complacent." We're led to it deliberately, if not "intentionally," by our economic system that consumes our attention and exhausts us. We have to figure that part out too.
For better or worse, the environment and climate will compel us to do so anyway.
Originally posted at Nice Marmot 09:40 Monday, 29 July 2024