David Litt shares his confessions of a beach convert who once loathed, and now loves, the beach.
David Litt
Litt is a former senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama. His latest book is It’s Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground.
David Litt argues that having fun during difficult times doesn’t make you complicit—it makes you complete.
The town of Wooster went for Obama in 2008. A lot has changed since then—but why?
In rejecting President Trump’s Census count order, a court reasserted one of America’s most enduring and least-well known democratic values.
The Electoral College is a terrible idea. And thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision this week, getting rid of it has never been easier.
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Throughout American history, voter registration has never just been about keeping track of voters.
The coronavirus pandemic is not, at root, a failure of public health in the U.S. It’s a failure of democracy, writes former Obama speechwriter David Litt.
I never set out to become a connoisseur of White House men’s rooms. It just kind of happened.
He was given a golden opportunity to turn what ought to be a moment of professional humiliation into 15 minutes of fame. Why not take it?
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