I grew up “In the Land of Sky Blue Waters.” I know those people, my people. I know how they feel about government, how they feel about compassion and how they feel about responsibility.
I know what it’s like to have a neighbor lose a barn to fire. I know what it’s like to have the community come together to rebuild that barn, to donate seed and feed, horses and cattle. I know what it’s like to have a barn raising.
I know what those people in the New York Times article are getting at, hinting at and struggling with.
