
Democracy Fails When Ordinary Life Becomes a War
It is past eleven in Kyiv and I am watching a woman in Florida getting on a bus at six in the morning.
From a war zone in Ukraine to the streets of America.
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It is past eleven in Kyiv and I am watching a woman in Florida getting on a bus at six in the morning.

I do not remember the first time I heard the song American Pie.

I hope some of you can forgive me

About two months ago, the messages started to arrive.

You don’t play with power unless you’re testing it

The café was warm.

Because it never stopped being

That letter was addressed by you know who to Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

The same story, told again in a different place

From those invaded by Russia to those invaded by ICE

A reflection for Veterans Day and for every battle still being fought