Jimmy Carter's advice to a young person. My nephew Matthew shared this letter with me yesterday. Five years ago, he wrote to all the living presidents and asked for advice on how to participate in public service. Only Jimmy Carter responded. A precis on how to live a life of service.

New cover of Der Spiegel “What did you think when you observed the drama about the 🚦coalition?” (Germany’s now collapsed traffic light government coalition.) “Men!” Spiegel interview with Angela Merkel

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New cover of The New Yorker

🇩🇪 Germany’s health minister: “Very high infection numbers severely stress our clinics. Covid infections remains a hard to quantify risk, incl. for long-term effects. All who have called for personal responsibility instead of gov. bans should now practice it. Vaccination & mask where neeeded.”