Basketball player Brittney Griner spent ten months in a Russian penal colony for being caught at the Sheremetyevo airport with e-cigarettes with cannabis oil in her luggage. The experience may be the reason for her emotional response to the playing of the national anthem while on the podium at the Olympics.
It’s easy to take for granted what is so familiar to us. Coming into contact with dire regimes across the world most often causes people to appreciate the standard of living in the US, despite the problems here. When it doesn’t, be wary.
I hope all goes well in the primaries tomorrow.
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