A letter to my kids about last week
Second Opinion December 10, 2024
How I’ve been thinking about recent events
Candidly, I have been struggling with how to write about the recent shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — and all the vitriol surrounding it. History is being made all around us, so the only thing that make sense to me was to write something that I hope my own kids (almost 2 and 4) will read when they’re old enough. I asked a few close friends for feedback, and they encouraged me to publish it with a broader audience. Like me, they have been struggling to process the events of the past few weeks. This is outside the norm for Second Opinion, but it’s all I have to say at this...