11/16/2024

Thoughts from a train, August 20, 2024

I want them to be better.

I want Charlottesville to be a place where people work together.

I want America to be a place where people work together.

What fuels me is a sense that it can happen and the “United” in United States of America is an aspiration. I want humanity to excel, and to do that, there must be a sense of commonwealth. Fewer fiefdoms. I don’t want to be the best. I want to be part of a happy, clean river.

I’m writing this from an Amtrak train and am ridiculously happy as a result. I love being on these trains. 


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