Keeping Legacies Alive Can Restore American Values

Reflections on the 2026 mid-term election fallout, and a trip to rural Kansas to pay respects to the late Don Landoll…I don’t consider myself political. An ideological type maybe, but not political. But late at night last week Tuesday, my son, Drew, serving in the Middle East, texted to see if I was watching the mid-term elections. It was an unusual text from the 26-year-old Staff Sergeant, since most of our text banter since he’s left home centered on Milwaukee Brewers or wise-guy memori