Best of Lucid 2024; Holiday Discounts; Reader Survey

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Our next Q&A will be Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, 8-9pmET. Our guest will be Wajahat Ali, who describes himself with his usual mix of humor and humility: “Wajahat Ali is a tired dad of 3 kids who drives a Honda Odyssey Minivan. He's the editor of The Left Hook on Substack and co-host of the Democracy-Ish Podcast. He's the author of GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM: AND OTHER HELPFUL RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BECOME AMERICAN. In his previous life, he was a practicing attorney, host of a TV show, and a contributor to CNN and NYT.”

Paying subscribers will receive a link to join the Zoom gathering at 5pm that day. Those who cannot attend will find the video on our new homepage tab a few days later. Past videos are already there. An improvement to end the Lucid year!

If you’d like to join these weekly sessions, you can use this coupon, good through Dec. 31, to sign up or upgrade at a discount:

A Quick Survey!

I’d like to know what you are finding most valuable about Lucid; what you’d like to see covered in the future; and what we could do differently. I will appreciate it if you answer just a few questions:

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These essays represent writings on U.S. and global affairs that were popular with readers and/or have continuing relevance due to the themes and topics they cover.

The detachment from politics, diagnosed in this Jan. 2024 essay, turned out to be a determining factor in the U.S. election. Millions declined to exercise their right to make their voices heard at the ballot box, including those who had voted for President Joe Biden in 2020.