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Joy is a Form of Resistance
"Last night, Jim and I, along with co-hosts Beth and Michelle, welcomed people into our home in an intentional effort to process (or...
Sara Sharpe
Mar 252 min read
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Last Letter
Dear friend, It’s been one week since the election. The hatred and vitriol coming from all sides is seemingly unprecedented, at least in...
Sara Sharpe
Nov 13, 20247 min read
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Trump it is. (Or, Hillbillies Need No Elegy, but America as We Know it Might.)
Dear Friend, You’re feeling a lot better than I am today, so I figure it might not be the worst time to ask you for a favor or two. It...
Sara Sharpe
Nov 6, 20245 min read
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Day Before the Election
Hi friend. Someone asked me last Tuesday if The Letters Project had changed me in any way. “Yes,” I said, simply and emphatically. I...
Sara Sharpe
Nov 4, 20246 min read
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Dear, conservative friend. I am afraid.
Dear friend, I confess I’m afraid. The beginning of this letter reflects my fear, and for that I hope you'll forgive me. I know we can’t...
Sara Sharpe
Oct 26, 20244 min read
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Two Americas, One Truth, 18 Days Until the Election
Hi Friend, I went to the Hamilton County Democratic Headquarters Tuesday night to write postcards for Missy Crutchfield, a Democratic...
Sara Sharpe
Oct 17, 20244 min read
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STOPPING THE STEAL Watch Party
Hi Friend. This week, instead of writing a letter, I'm simply going to suggest you watch the HBO documentary Stopping the Steal. Better...
Sara Sharpe
Oct 3, 20241 min read
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Why do we believe (and propagate) stories that aren't true? Friend, meet the Rider and the Elephant. (And enjoy my delicious scones recipe.)
Hi, friend. This isn’t particularly relevant or interesting, but the celery soup I referred to in my last letter was not good. You will...
Sara Sharpe
Sep 20, 20248 min read
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Maple Creamies and Accountability
Dear Friend, I'm home! In 2.5 weeks, I drove from Tennessee to Virginia (twice) and then on to DC, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts,...
Sara Sharpe
Sep 5, 20243 min read
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Was it a coup? Was it unethical? Do we like Harris just because she's a black woman?
All this and more in this week's letter. On the evening of Super Tuesday, March 5, shortly before Donald Trump effectively ended the...
Sara Sharpe
Aug 7, 20245 min read
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Better late than never, President Biden
Hi friend, Before the political train gets too far down the tracks (things are moving quickly these days), we might take a moment to...
Sara Sharpe
Jul 23, 20242 min read
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So was the 2020 election stolen or not?
The answer to this question is wildly important. Hi Friend. When it comes to figuring out whether or not the election was stolen, the...
Sara Sharpe
Jul 15, 20246 min read
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Assassination attempt
Friends, My heart is heavy this morning after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump's life yesterday at a rally in...
Sara Sharpe
Jul 14, 20241 min read
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Festive Revolution!
“The post-truth playbook goes like this: attack the truth-tellers, lie about anything and everything, manufacture disinformation,...
Sara Sharpe
Jul 3, 20242 min read
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How's this for TRUTH GROUND ZERO?
People are sick of politics, friend. The issues we're facing are hard, news fatigue is real, and neither presidential candidate is...
Sara Sharpe
Jun 21, 20241 min read
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Just the Facts, ma'am
Dear friend, So now we come to the crux of the matter. You might have noticed I’m not writing at the rate I once was. Honestly, I have...
Sara Sharpe
Jun 20, 20243 min read
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Conflict sells, but we're not buying. (Or, at least, I wish we weren't.)
Hi Friend, I recently met with a former book publisher to discuss turning these letters into a book. He seemed like a nice enough guy,...
Sara Sharpe
Jun 17, 20243 min read
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Does Conformity = Unity? You and I might answer this Question Differently.
Dear Friend, Remember the day before yesterday when I wrote about how we are genetically predisposed to be right- or left-leaning...
Sara Sharpe
Mar 20, 20244 min read
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Our Differences are partly down to genetics. No, seriously.
Friend! I just learned something I didn’t know, which seems important for us to understand. According to social psychologist Jonathan...
Sara Sharpe
Mar 18, 20242 min read
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Cease-fire in Gaza
Hi, friend, This is how crazy things have gotten out there: on the one hand, to call for a cease-fire in Gaza apparently means one is...
Sara Sharpe
Nov 28, 20232 min read
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