A Tale of Two Contagions
Historians agree, Roosevelt was the best of presidents; Trump was the worst. One sowed seeds of optimism; the other created chasms of bitter division. He vows a vengeful "blood bath."
"I feel very alone," I remember saying to my parents on a call across the country after the riot.
A saving grace: Speaker Nancy Pelosi kept the lights on in the Capitol and never missed a day meeting reporters in person. An 80-year-old woman inspired me to be braver.
There are holes in post-pandemic life. My coffee place in Union Station is empty. The bakery with a garden on the avenue is gone. The little boutique went out of business.
On March 3, 2020, I gave a history talk on woman suffrage. Five of us crossed the street to Sababa, an Israeli cafe, and joked nervously about the Last Supper.
Little did we know, we parted for years.
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