JVL asked his readers yesterday to meditate on "hope and grit." Most of us here at The Bulwark hope Trump gets his comeuppance and pray that Merrick Garland has grit. At first glance we may think these "hopes" of a much lower order than those JVL included in his piece. But on second thought, our hopes of a Trumpian demise are really a…
JVL asked his readers yesterday to meditate on "hope and grit." Most of us here at The Bulwark hope Trump gets his comeuppance and pray that Merrick Garland has grit. At first glance we may think these "hopes" of a much lower order than those JVL included in his piece. But on second thought, our hopes of a Trumpian demise are really about the restoration of the Ideals around which American civilization was constructed, when we have been at our best. Let's have some grit in service of that goal.
The reality is that it is often the little things that get you in the end, not the grand movements of the universe. The things that aren't important enough to pay attention to at the time. Small hopes sometimes pay off big.
JVL asked his readers yesterday to meditate on "hope and grit." Most of us here at The Bulwark hope Trump gets his comeuppance and pray that Merrick Garland has grit. At first glance we may think these "hopes" of a much lower order than those JVL included in his piece. But on second thought, our hopes of a Trumpian demise are really about the restoration of the Ideals around which American civilization was constructed, when we have been at our best. Let's have some grit in service of that goal.
The reality is that it is often the little things that get you in the end, not the grand movements of the universe. The things that aren't important enough to pay attention to at the time. Small hopes sometimes pay off big.