She spoke at my daughter's graduation today. I didn't see the stiff, robotic candidate of 2016. I saw a thoughtful, funny, open, re-energized, and focused woman. She touched on many subjects (her Wellesley years, long, post-election walks in the woods, the joy of being a grandmother, the dehumanizing budget proposed by the White House, fake news, the echo chambers inhabited by both parties, the need for community, and the urgency to unite the country). But what she stressed the most was that facts matter, the truth matters, and reason matters. She never mentioned his name, yet we all knew who she alluded to. You couldn't have asked for a starker contrast in intelligence, temperament, vision, and leadership.

Peter T.