Dear friends, citizens, fellow “passengers,” In a world of need that often pulls our gaze far and wide, let’s pause for a moment and remember the simple wisdom of the oxygen mask: we put it on ourselves first not out of selfishness, but so that we can breathe well enough to help others. Right now, … Read more
Read the letter →Dear everyone –Left, Right, Center, and those who don’t fit anywhere anymore – The Israel-Gaza war is ending.Let’s start there. Let’s start with the quiet, fragile beauty of that sentence. For months, years, or what felt like centuries, the air has been thick with blame, grief, and headlines that pit us against each other – … Read more
Read the letter →Dear America, This morning, as our leaders meet behind closed doors with admirals and generals, I’m thinking about names. They’ve rebranded the Department of Defense as the Department of War, and that word echoes like a drumbeat. Names shape culture. Language shapes reality. When the word on the masthead is “war,” its shadow seeps into … Read more
Read the letter →Dear Friends Who Used to Fall Asleep Laughing, When did we decide that laughter was more dangerous than lies? Jimmy Kimmel – pulled off the air. Think about that. A man whose greatest crime was making America laugh at its own absurdities suddenly treated like a threat to national security. As if a punchline could … Read more
Read the letter →Dear Reader, This is not rage. This is not a manifesto.This is correspondence. Slow, deliberate, written with love.Every letter in this book is a reminder: love itself is radical.Radical love does not ask permission.It writes anyway, even when the world forgets how to read.With radical love,~M
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