Opinion: I wish we would talk more about Policy (just not Elizabeth Warren’s)
"Americans deserve a foreign policy that works fo—" THE COLUMN STARTS BELOW, PLEASE READ!"It's time to rebuild the midd—" REALLY, IT'S RIGHT HERE, TIME FOR SOME SUBSTANCE! By Alexandra Petri Alexandra Petri Columnist offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day Email Bio Follow Columnist April 12 at 2:39 PM As a valiant commentator and member of the media, I have no more fervent wish than to talk of Substance. I feed on Substance. I love The Issues.
Really any Issue, as long as it was of Substance. Child care? Wealth inequality? Housing? Sure, those sound like Issues of Substance. I am not afraid to discuss Substance, and I’m definitely capable of discussing it; just because I am mostly forced — by circumstances beyond my control — to discuss the election as though it were a game, film or sport does not mean that my passion isn’t Policy. I love Policy.
I am devastated to note it, but it is true, and that is why I am pointing it out. It is very brave of me, I know. Every day I am forced to talk about politics as though it were baseball, instead of delving into the details of … house-having policy? She even has a proposal about … agribusiness? Well, great. Oh. Just. I’m crying because. Because I love Substance so much.
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