Mark Jacobs: This is not normal

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10. I heard an interview today with Doris Kearns Goodwin about her new book.

The interviewer played a short clip of Bobby Kennedy speaking in South Africa, and I was once again struck with the richness of language we used to enjoy and the elevation of principles and human decency. We rarely have that these days. I love Biden, but he is more plain spoken, and of course Trump speaks in threats, lies., or utter nonsense.

The Kennedy speech was called the Day of Affirmation speech, and Richard Goodwin helped write it. Here’s an excerpt.

“It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice. He sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest wall of oppression and resistance.”

How I miss such eloquence in our political speech.