This chaos reveals people's true nature. People I considered friends turned out to be pretty vile, hateful, and cowardly. I'm ashamed of some of them. They were better people before this mess.

I miss my dad. I know he never would've stood for any of this bullshit. He was one of those rare, brave public figures who literally always stood on principle. People hated and loved him for that.

I'm grateful for my wife, who has an irrepressible positivity, but still maintains a grounded sense of realism, and a dead-on accurate moral compass. She's the only family I have, and I'd accept none other at this point.

There's a lot to be upset about. We've all been feeling beaten up by forces outside of our control. But we can all take to our graves the pride in knowing we weren't cowards. Some of us are downright nutjobs, but I'd gladly stand with a principled, honest nutjob than an authoritarian tyrant any day.