There had to be a first time when I decided to knock on doors on behalf of a political campaign, and today was the day, chilly and cloudy, but not terribly uncomfortable. I volunteered to help the Wexton campaign in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District. Naturally, I was early to the meeting in McClean Central Park…
Read MoreThe biggest problem facing democracy in America is apathy: the apathy of people who don’t even want to talk to other people about what our problems are. I encounter this apathy when I canvass for Congressional candidates, something I’ve done a few times over the last month on behalf of a candidate for the Democratic…
Read MoreThe best way to approach issues of faith in a novel – or anywhere else – is to do so with great respect. Yet, try as one might, novels such as these are not for everyone. The imperative of writing any novel is that it must tell a good story, by which I mean one…
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