G.O.P. Damned America

I had rheumatic fever as a child. I read all I could find on my illness when I was 14. I didn’t like what I read. I might have had a different life if I didn’t read what I did. I’ve done a lot of things in my life I’m not proud of, but I would only change one. My guidance counselor in high school said I should think about becoming a school teacher. I didn’t even consider it. Later in life, I thought it would have been nice to have summers off. I would never have thought I would ever write a...