1. United States
2. Idaho
3. Letter

I am writing to urge you to honor our democracy in the upcoming congressional and presidential session and stand up to extremism. For so many of us it is so worrying to think how many civil rights and civil liberties will be attacked under the new Trump administration. I ask you consider these wise words, and a call for balance, written by a former Israeli soldier. “The Place Where We Are Right”—-by Yehuda Amichai “From the place where we are right
flowers will never grow
in the spring. The place where we are right
is hard and trampled
like a yard. But doubts and loves
dig up the world
like a mole, a plow.
And a whisper will be heard in the place
where the ruined
house once stood.” Sincerely,