Dear Friend,

Dear friend, It’s been one week since the election. The hatred and vitriol coming from all sides is seemingly unprecedented, at least in...

Dear Friend, You’re feeling a lot better than I am today, so I figure it might not be the worst time to ask you for a favor or two. It...

Hi friend. Someone asked me last Tuesday if The Letters Project had changed me in any way. “Yes,” I said, simply and emphatically. I...

Dear friend, I confess I’m afraid. The beginning of this letter reflects my fear, and for that I hope you'll forgive me. I know we can’t...

Hi Friend, I went to the Hamilton County Democratic Headquarters Tuesday night to write postcards for Missy Crutchfield, a Democratic...

Hi Friend. This week, instead of writing a letter, I'm simply going to suggest you watch the HBO documentary Stopping the Steal. Better...

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...

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,...

All this and more in this week's letter. On the evening of Super Tuesday, March 5, shortly before Donald Trump effectively ended the...

Hi friend, Before the political train gets too far down the tracks (things are moving quickly these days), we might take a moment to...

The answer to this question is wildly important. Hi Friend. When it comes to figuring out whether or not the election was stolen, the...

Friends, My heart is heavy this morning after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump's life yesterday at a rally in...

“The post-truth playbook goes like this: attack the truth-tellers, lie about anything and everything, manufacture disinformation,...

People are sick of politics, friend. The issues we're facing are hard, news fatigue is real, and neither presidential candidate is...

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...

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,...

Dear Friend, Remember the day before yesterday when I wrote about how we are genetically predisposed to be right- or left-leaning...

Friend! I just learned something I didn’t know, which seems important for us to understand. According to social psychologist Jonathan...

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...

Dear Friend, Have you noticed that the media does not always maintain its commitment to academic objectivity? That we’re often subjected...