Do We Have Any Courage Left?

We live in this age of anxiety that draws people to anger and depression. The presidential candidates are clearly playing on both. But this is also an invitation for us to practice courage.

That’s what’s mostly maddening about politics these days — the lack of courage. The Republicans drive me the craziest because they supposedly believe that abortion is a human-rights issue, and yet they’ve dropped it in the hopes that doing so will help them in November.