"Something changed here... Like one day we came home and the house had been rearranged while we were gone." This is such a good spot. It speaks to people's common heritage, the reason they chose Minnesota, and the unspoken anxiety they feel about the state's direction but are equally uncomfortable in detailing the specifics. The message is unmistakable: something has been taken from us (by the people in charge) and we need to take it back. And this is how you give people not necessarily affiliated with your party a safe place to land. Well done.

My friend's autobiography "Built After Broken" is a good story well told. Available on Amazon. Cawley recounts his life with a candor unafraid of poignancy, but which avoids the maudlin. It is a tribute to the formula: reflection + correction = inflection. His noble purpose with the book is to provide an example to others as to how to build their own life while hopefully getting lost fewer times than he did along the way. @MorningAnswer omny.fm/shows/chicagos-morni…