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Some Books That Ted Cruz May Find Useful
Just a little recommended reading for a senator who may not be familiar with concepts like ‘empathy’ and ‘humanity’
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Dear Sen. Ted Cruz,
You don’t know me, so I hope this missive doesn’t strike you as overly forward. I assure you I am only here to offer my services. And after the week you’ve had, you could use the help.
Your state is reeling from every lesson that politics built on Manifest Destiny has to teach, and there you are, flying out of the country. To Cancun, no less, so it’s not like you could paint it as a mission of diplomacy. And then, when you finally reached the sandy shores of tone-deaf relaxation, you had to come back to Texas and face the maelstrom of public opinion.
You’re dug in deeper than a fallen Texas power line frozen over by a climate-change-propelled snowdrift. But as a public library employee of many years, I embrace the challenge of marrying books to people for whom literacy is not a natural fit.
