R&R: Unity and isolation
Recap and recommendations from the week that was.
Hi, all! Happy Sunday. I want to start out by thanking you for the very positive reaction to my Friday piece, “Is this Biden’s LBJ moment?”
I feel very lucky to be able to write pieces like that — taking a bit of a different approach to the daily news cycle, by using the past to help decode the present — and appreciate the flexibility you all afford me to do so.
Those types of pieces wouldn’t be possible without the support of paid subscribers — which brings me to my next point. For those of you new here: Wake Up To Politics is completely free for five days a week, but the Sunday R&R email, where I recap the events of the past week and recommend my favorite pieces of journalism from the week, is a special “thank you” for paid supporters.
Paid subscribers also get access to the WUTP Book Club, which consists of book reviews and author interviews: the first installment is coming soon, and I’m excited to share it.
With that, let’s look back at the week that was. There’s a lot to cover: