Drew this last week and The New Yorker didn’t want it, so happy to share with you all here. I was going to write about the drawing, but instead, I’d love to hear your responses to it.
The historian Heather Cox Richardson’s newletter today has the 6 minute video of her recent interview with President Biden. It’s so interesting and intimate. They discuss why Biden chose Valley Forge to deliver a recent speech, about about how ordinary Americans have defended democracy. They discussed how many diverse people worked together, and felt it was their responsibilty. Biden believes in the goodness of Americans, Richardson asked why, and he said he just believes that’s who we are, that we “step up.” He said, “Ordinary people feel a sense of obligation in a community, not just democracy and freedom, but in simple acts of kindess.” He believes in “the heart and guts of the American people, they never give up.” Biden said what he likes about Americans is that Americans feel no one is entitled to anything just because of where they come from or who they are. Richardson agreed and said “That’s what America is about.” And Biden said, “I think that’s true, I really do.”
This is what I admire about Joe Biden. He truly believes this—you can feel it in the way he talks, and we’ve heard it from him many times before— that every individual can make a difference, and that most of us are inclined to want to do that. And, want to lift others up and help. I feel the same way.
Happy Saturday, hope you are enjoying your weekend. Thank you, Heather, for this interview!
What if I’m a truth affirmer only when I wear my shoes?
Biden is a believer. He believes in the bible which no one reads so they don't know what Christopher Hitchens said is true: religion is "violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children." And if the cartoon showed some wellness scams-- the new religion-- then it would be clearer.