“I saw people give shit to MEGHAN for Harry’s “cold behaviour” when Trump visited. Why should he welcome the man who said disgusting things about his dead mother, sister in law and just recently called his wife nasty. I commend him for not punching him” - Submitted by Anonymous
Michelle and Barack are pure class. The Obamas’ thoughtful note to Parkland students highlights the serious downgrade our country has experienced since they left the White House.
People always ask me if this show could’ve been done with a Republican administration. And my answer is always… No. Because Republicans aren’t funny, and watching them flirt makes you queasy.
Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed–and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment– the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution- -not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply ‘give the public what it wants’–but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold, educate and sometimes even anger public opinion.
John F. Kennedy, Address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, April 27, 1961 (via jfklibrary)
I’ve started looking at the question of ‘How did I get here?’ a little differently since then. This is not the first time I’ve struggled, but I pray it will be the last. And if you had told 17-year-old me that I would be alive at 20—I would’ve told you that I didn’t want that, that I didn’t want to keep living. But I did. I’m still breathing, and I’m grateful for that.
Recently, a friend quoted a lyric from the musical Hamilton to me: ‘Look at where you are / Look at where you started / The fact that you’re alive is a miracle / Just stay alive, that would be enough.'
I’ve made it too far to quit now, and I’ve fought too hard to give up.
You’re still here to tell your story, too. And that is more than enough.
