A personal story about a WWII bomber pilot—and what his sacrifice teaches us about civic responsibility, truth, and defending democracy today.

Why try to write a book that revolves largely around the current administration while it’s still in power—especially given the chaos around it? I won’t lie: it was a challenge. But I felt a sense of urgency, and a fear that waiting might sell our chance to take back American democracy short. You may be thinking the current president is now in his 80s, so we just need to wait it out and this will all be over. I fear it’s not that simple. The party that brought him to power and