Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
There is something almost poetic in the image of George Washington comparing the Senate to a saucer — a place where the hot coffee of the House might cool before it scalds the republic. The filibuster, that long-contested procedural tool, still finds defenders on both sides of the aisle, each sensing that slowing things down may be its own form of wisdom.
From the chambers of government to the quieter chambers of memory, newly released transcripts from former President Biden's interviews with his ghostwriter reveal moments of candor and confusion alike — classified details surfacing, names blurring — a reminder that power and its keeping are never quite as tidy as we imagine.
And then there is a story closer to the bone. A former teenage addict, now an addiction counselor, gently corrects the families who loved their struggling children but could not help making it about themselves. The wound, he suggests, was never personal. Understanding that may be the beginning of everything.
That's this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
