Lepore, Jill. This America: the Case for the Nation. Liveright, 2019.

Great civics primer—160 pages. Intended as an antidote to ethnic nationalism. In fact, Lepore believes that honest history is the antidote to ethnic nationalism.

Snide, Clem. “Roger Ebert.” 2022.

I think this song helps put things in perspective. About a mystical note Roger Ebert wrote his wife about The Beyond while he lay dying. Pema Chodron says in the title of one of her books, How You Live Is How You Die. I hope everything is ok with Roger Ebert, however he is now.

Psaki, Jen. The Briefing with Jen Psaki. MS NOW, 2026 (begins 2:55).

Jen Psaki interviews DHS Chief of Staff from Trump’s first administration.