Sara Sharpe
STOPPING THE STEAL Watch Party
Hi Friend. This week, instead of writing a letter, I'm simply going to suggest you watch the HBO documentary Stopping the Steal. Better...
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Sara Sharpe
Sep 208 min
Why do we believe (and propagate) stories that aren't true? Friend, meet the Rider and the Elephant. (And enjoy my delicious scones recipe.)
Hi, friend. This isn’t particularly relevant or interesting, but the celery soup I referred to in my last letter was not  good. You will...
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Sara Sharpe
Sep 53 min
Maple Creamies and Accountability
Dear Friend, I'm home! In 2.5 weeks, I drove from Tennessee to Virginia (twice) and then on to DC, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts,...
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Sara Sharpe
Aug 75 min
Was it a coup? Was it unethical? Do we like Harris just because she's a black woman?
All this and more in this week's letter. On the evening of Super Tuesday, March 5, shortly before Donald Trump effectively ended the...
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Sara Sharpe
Jul 232 min
Better late than never, President Biden
Hi friend, Before the political train gets too far down the tracks (things are moving quickly these days), we might take a moment to...
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Sara Sharpe
Jul 156 min
So was the 2020 election stolen or not?
The answer to this question is wildly important. Hi Friend. When it comes to figuring out whether or not the election was stolen, the...
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Sara Sharpe
Jul 141 min
Assassination attempt
Friends, My heart is heavy this morning after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump's life yesterday at a rally in...
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Sara Sharpe
Jul 32 min
Festive Revolution!
“The post-truth playbook goes like this: attack the truth-tellers, lie about anything and everything, manufacture disinformation,...
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Sara Sharpe
Jun 211 min
How's this for TRUTH GROUND ZERO?
People are sick of politics, friend. The issues we're facing are hard, news fatigue is real, and neither presidential candidate is...
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Sara Sharpe
Jun 203 min
Just the Facts, ma'am
Dear friend, So now we come to the crux of the matter. You might have noticed I’m not writing at the rate I once was. Honestly, I have...
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Sara Sharpe
Jun 173 min
Conflict sells, but we're not buying. (Or, at least, I wish we weren't.)
Hi Friend, I recently met with a former book publisher to discuss turning these letters into a book. He seemed like a nice enough guy,...
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Sara Sharpe
Mar 204 min
Does Conformity = Unity? You and I might answer this Question Differently.
Dear Friend, Remember the day before yesterday when I wrote about how we are genetically predisposed to be right- or left-leaning...
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Sara Sharpe
Mar 182 min
Our Differences are partly down to genetics. No, seriously.
Friend! I just learned something I didn’t know, which seems important for us to understand. According to social psychologist Jonathan...
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Sara Sharpe
Nov 28, 20232 min
Cease-fire in Gaza
Hi, friend, This is how crazy things have gotten out there: on the one hand, to call for a cease-fire in Gaza apparently means one is...
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Sara Sharpe
Nov 20, 20232 min
Media Mind F**k
Dear Friend, Have you noticed that the media does not always maintain its commitment to academic objectivity? That we’re often subjected...
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Sara Sharpe
Nov 8, 20233 min
Combatants for Peace
"It’s almost as if we in the room hadn't realized we’d been holding our breath – because the world has exploded and the culture war is...
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Sara Sharpe
Nov 6, 20233 min
Israel/Palestine. Either/Or or Both/And? Author Glennon Doyle suggests the latter
FRIEND. It seems to me that our social media feeds have become, to put it bluntly, a toxic cesspool of incoherent rage. More than usual,...
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Sara Sharpe
Nov 5, 20232 min
Friend, it's the stories that save us.
Dear one. News from the Middle East is heartbreaking. (As is news from Ukraine, Sudan, the DRC, Haiti…). Who can say or write anything...
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Sara Sharpe
Oct 12, 20231 min
In light of the Hamas attack on Israel
Friend. Few issues carve the ideological and religious divide more deeply than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. How, then, to respond...
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Sara Sharpe
Jun 15, 20235 min
Dear Activists, Politicians and News Pundits
Dear Friend, What with all this letter writing, it strikes me that there are other letters I want to write. I want to write a letter to...
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