You two have strengthened Ken Burns’ message to those college graduates by offering your family and personal examples. I’m a solid conservative who doesn’t vote Trump and have always found myself most comfortable with my liberal friends. I’ve some experience at this. I was born and raised in Austin (the lefty heart of Texas) and fought hard as a teen for Goldwater in ’64. Uphill.

But like an amphibian I constantly attempt to perfect my “open-mind” and listening skills because it is my life to swim with the libs and walk with the right. It was also an essential skill in my career as a government-employee speechwriter in DC for decades.

A current example of a topic that requires extremely delicate handling is the destruction or removal of southern and Confederate memorials. It’s is truly a matter of the heart for many southerners and non-southern conservatives. Interestingly, RFKII astonished the political scene when he said last week he was personally saddened by the destruction of these monuments during the George Floyd-murder period two years ago. I never thought a Bostonian or Kennedy would say anything so open minded on this subject. At the same time, it is a matter of social justice for liberals anxious to support African American concerns about our culture and history. Wouldn’t you like to hear Ken Burns thoughts on the repercussions of this debate?

What a bear. Thanks for your thoughts.