Spoiler alert: No talk of politics this week. I will let the talking heads talk and political pundits pontificate and then I will tell you what really happened and why. No applause, please. Just doing my job.
Instead, I am going to tell you about a remarkable woman doing a remarkable thing and that, despite the partisan poison being spewed these days, reminds us we do have a better side. And it all started with a candy bar.
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