One year ago tonight, I sat in the bar of the Hotel George in downtown Washington, DC, waiting for my friend to arrive. The TV in the corner was tuned to ESPN, but for once there was no game on. Nor would there be for a long time to come, it appeared. The headlines scrolling along the bottom of the screen had changed from “Rudy Gobert tests positive for coronavirus” to “NBA suspends season indefinitely” within the blink of an eye.
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Brad Littlejohn
Brad Littlejohn (Ph.D, University of Edinburgh) is Director of Programs and Education at American Compass. He lives in Loudoun County, VA, with his wife, Rachel, and four children.