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What does “good” ask of us when the world feels divided?

In this episode of Collage of War, I sit down again with my uncle, writer Dan Strawn, for a conversation about war, citizenship, leadership, and the kind of country — and culture — we help create through the way we live.

Dan draws from decades of historical research and lived experience as we reflect on World War II, the nuclear fears of his childhood, the responsibilities of leadership, and his preference for making America good.

As we talked, another question kept surfacing:

What are we feeding with our attention?

Fear?

The need to win?

Or the part of us that still knows how to care for the person in front of us — even when we disagree?

This isn’t a conversation about ignoring what is wrong. Quite the opposite.

It’s about how we call out harm without becoming consumed by the very qualities we’re trying to change — and how we remember that caring, integrity, and love are not passive responses.

They may be the beginning of knowing what to do next.

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