“We're very good at talking about the individual in American politics a...” — J. D. Vance Quote

We're very good at talking about the individual in American politics and excellent at talking about the government. But we have little ability to even acknowledge everything that exists in the middle, and given how influential politics is on every other part of our life, I think that failure of discourse is pretty corrosive to our overall culture.

Trump talks like a guy at a bar in West Virginia. Trump talks like my dad sitting around the dinner table.

Not every town can or should be saved.

My family has existed in eastern Kentucky for as long as there are records. If you're familiar with the famous Hatfield-McCoy family feud back in the 1860s, '70s and '80s in the United States, my family was an integral part of that.

I did want to acknowledge and confirm the fact that my son does, indeed, have an autism diagnosis.

I need to acknowledge the toll certain parts of my life are taking on me. I have to do that, even if it temporarily paralyzes me to suppress it. Otherwise, paradoxically, I can't go on. When I can reside in that, and recoup, then I can continue. In a strange way it's a survival method.

Growing up is mostly the process of having to acknowledge the differences between your world and the whole world.

Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.