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I like to sit on the steps of our state Capitol some days and look at the skyline of my city. Great big oaks and fragrant flowers frame a statue of pioneers, who gaze ahead at Des Moines’ downtown. A hundred years ago or so, President Theodore Roosevelt stood here and gave one of his fist-pumping speeches.
Nathan Beacom writes from Des Moines, Iowa. He is the founder of The Lyceum Movement, a nonprofit dedicated to building better public conversations through exploring first principles, and the author of The Way of Shang-di Substack.
