state of the union

After what I saw of the State of the Union address last night, I couldn’t help but think of Steve Earle’s “Christmas in Washington,” which he wrote in the late nineties. Ten years later, the parties’ names are interchangeable. When Steve introduces the song, he often says, “This is a song about heroes.”


The best video I could find was Steve singing the song with Joan Baez.



If only our politicians knew what it meant to be leaders.

Peace,
Milton