We all bear responsibility for the deeply flawed choices put before voters during the 2016 election, and our country is paying a high price: this president is unethical, and untethered to truth and institutional values. Donald Trump’s presidency threatens much of what is good in this nation. I choose to see opportunity as well as danger. I understand the anxiety, but also believe America is going to be fine. “I AM WRITING IN A time of great anxiety in my country. Heaven only knows what President Bush thought was wrong with me, but he never saw my blood.”Ī Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership So I did the obvious thing: I kept tilting my head in different directions to keep the running blood inside my hairline. As I sat at the table with the president and his national security team, I began to feel liquid on my scalp and realized I was bleeding.

I said yes, and continued walking, stars in my eyes.

A Secret Service agent asked me if I was okay. Rushing so as not to be late to a Situation Room meeting with the president, I did the usual bob and smacked my head so hard that I rocked backward, stunned. Apparently, this refurbished footwear made me about a half-inch taller than usual. I had no idea how finely calibrated my ducking was until I got new soles and heels on a pair of dress shoes during the George W. To navigate, I would discreetly bob my head down as if nodding to an unseen companion as I walked.

“the doorframes were about six feet, seven inches high.

A higher loyalty truth lies and leadership