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I have a dream of a real leader
David BrooksContributorThis week I had a conversation that left a mark. It was with Mary Louise Kelly and EJ Dionne on NPR's All Things Considered, and it was about how past presidents had handled moments of national mourning — Lincoln after Gettysburg, Reagan after the Challenger explosion and Obama after the Sandy Hook school shootings.
The conversation left me wondering what America's experience of the pandemic would be like if we had a real leader in the White House.
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