OPINION | OPINION OF THE DAY: Sometimes you just need to hike the Appalachian Trail

Okay, okay, maybe that’s a bit too far. But the Appalachian Trail is just the thing to get off the beaten path. Rusty FosterWhat does the Today in Tabs newsletter author plan to do with his 19-year-old son over the next six months? But his decision has nothing to do with politics. It’s all about opportunity.

In the first of a series of correspondence from AT, Foster said he really Had made He said his decision to trek with his son was something he somehow knew would happen, and he also shared a lovely parallel story about how he ended up engaged to his now-wife.

“Such acts, like the greatest works of art, are prepared in the silence of the mind,” Albert Camus once wrote, “without the man himself knowing it.” (Foster quotes Camus from his writings on Sisyphus, whom Foster calls “one of the greatest hikers of antiquity.”)

Wendell Berry was a little keen on situational awareness. Anne LamottIn his latest column on aging, he quotes the poet’s advice on happiness: “Even considering all the facts, rejoice.”

Ann “Yes, yes, but the joy of older is different,” she replies. She writes about becoming less ambitious as life gets longer, and finding happiness in the gratitude that passes by on the breeze. “The joy of older is not about chasing things, it’s about what catches your eye outside your window or on a walk.”

Colbert King Last weekend, he witnessed intergenerational joy at a family reunion. In his column, he explains how black communities came to rely on the system, which began in the post-emancipation era when “former enslaved men and women sought to reunite with family members who had been separated or sold by slave masters.”

The book contains no citations to past winners, only Colby’s own talent: “This long journey, begun when cotton was king and the lynch mobs knew it, continues to be an uphill battle,” he writes.

One might imagine that Sisyphus would be happier if his family was around.

from Catherine Rampell The column discusses how Biden’s plan is far more popular than the president himself, while Donald Trump’s proposals fared poorly: Of his 28 proposals questioned by pollster YouGov, only nine were approved rather than opposed.

“The difference in the likeability of the rivals’ policies is particularly stark when viewed side-by-side,” Katherine adds. “Some of Trump’s most popular policies are just as well liked as Biden’s least popular policies.”

This pattern is notable given Biden’s low personal approval ratings. About the problem! To test successfully, we need to remove his name from the plan.

So are voters uninformed? Yes, Katherine says. But what’s worse, they’re also uninformed about policy.

Chaser: If Biden continues to fall further behind Trump in the polls for some time to come, Gene Robinson He wrote that the party must step in and find a replacement candidate.

The fallout continues from the Supreme Court’s decision granting President Trump broad immunity for (possibly criminal) acts committed while in office, with the Court ruling that “the president is, in effect, not above the law.” Ruth Marcus Reveals: “The reason I sound so excited is because… Trump vs. the United States The situation is far worse than I could have ever imagined.”

of Editorial Committee This view is inarguably bad, but, he writes, “the sky has not yet fallen, even if a great deal of it has been lost.” This is not the end of democracy.

Rebuttal: Yes, in her almost satirical view, Alexandra Petri He writes about the decisions of the Restoration Court.

“There are so many wonderful benefits to having an executive who is above the law and unaccountable,” she writes. “Much more clarity when foreigners show up demanding to be taken to their leader. Much less confusion for an attorney general deciding whether to pursue the president’s personal vendetta or enforce the law. More military parades. Fewer messy elections.”

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