That which is essential is invisible...

From Michiana Chronicles:

A memory of American idealism. A memory of Congress on its best days. Maybe those days feel like long ago. Maybe they have been few and far between. But Lt. Col. Vindman brought the idealism of those days along with him. He evoked its essential and invisible presence for all to see. And he sought to calm his father with the thought that on the best days a citizen is safe in America telling the truth. On the best days, something invisible and beautiful animates Congress. On other days, its just wood and paint and marble, pretending to be a great and honorable institution. Members of Congress can inhale that spirit and be rejuvenated, I’m pretty sure. But citizens will have to shame some of them into doing it.  Continue here....

-- Ken Smith