BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List
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How/where are you celebrating your birthday and with whom? “Most of the day, I will be in a window seat served by a Delta flight attendant who I feel sure has some huge airborne surprise bash planned. (Don’t tell her I know!) When I land, the good stuff: husband and my gang of kids who specialize in birthday. Hoping they remember that my birthday is a seasonal rollout, kinda like Advent.”
How did you get your start in your career? “After Heritage Foundation, I took a pro-life job on Capitol Hill working for a Democrat — both a position and a party I had previously committed to forever rejecting.”
What’s an interesting book/article you’re reading during coronavirus social distancing? And why? “Finished and delivered during Covid was my own ‘Life is Winning’ with forward by VPOTUS Pence — interesting because it was illuminating to write and was my closest experience to actually giving birth.
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“Also: ‘America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding’ by Robert Reilly exposes the threat to our founding that the rise of progressivism and absolutism poses. He counters with a deep and wide interdisciplinary description of the roots of the founders’ belief that man is capable of finding objective truth. Rational debate can take us where we need to go. Debate through virtue signaling is foundation-crushing.
“Also favorite listen: Laurence Fox’s ‘The Distance.’”
What’s a trend going on in the U.S. or abroad that doesn’t get enough attention? “What’s trending is that we are so utterly #trendy. The virtual revolution has been an incredible gift in so many ways. But with the rise of virtual life and social media, we are losing (within just a couple generations) the primacy of the present personal relationships in our lives. This erodes our humanity. Escape to the glowing screen threatens to become no escape at all. ‘Real’ life becomes the new escape. We are capable of mitigating the trend by mastering the tools and avoiding becoming them. I hear my Grannah saying: ‘I told you so!’ And she did.”
What are you watching for in the Biden presidency? “I’m watching for continued reaction among Democratic grassroots to national-level abortion absolutism — leading to increased Democratic support in states for party moderation and middle-ground legislation on abortion. Increasing pressure on national party to accept popular later term limits and non-discrimination (gender, disability, ethnicity) measures.”
What’s a fun fact that people in Washington might not know about you? “My family claims divergent current political figures. Husband’s family claims Bernie Sanders and my Jones family, Ken and Teiro Cuccinelli. Our holiday dinner political conversation spans comfortably between these poles.”