My mom taught me to “Stand up for your principles” and also, “Half a loaf is better than no loaf.” Seemingly contradictory advice.
I am thinking often about this advice in our current political climate as people attack our system of holding a president accountable – impeachment.
This particular presidency began with chants of “lock her up” in regard to a political rival who allowed emails to fall into the wrong hands. Three years later we are in a moment where the very idea of questioning and prosecuting a president is called “a hoax” “a sham” and “a fraud.