I think I currently have around 230/250 pages, but now my chapters are all in separate files in various stages of editing and review, so page numbers are no longer a feasible way to judge progress.

Which is good, I think?

63! I push through until about 3%

My first thought is of all the older men I know who would say, "Son, take your hat off inside the building."

...we have to ask ourselves about those we encounter is, therefore, *not* "who are they/where did they come from" but "what do I owe them as human beings? How does God want me to help them, be decent to them?" I could not be more certain that when the time comes, God will not ask me...

This is on the KFF website this afternoon:

This conspiracy theory isn’t just false, it’s a calculated attempt to erode trust in democracy itself, and to shift blame for one of the darkest days in modern American history onto those who tried to defend it.

The moment he convinces people that they can’t trust anyone but him, is the moment his power goes completely unchallenged.

“All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory”

- George Orwell, 1984