The Day I Forgot To Be Afraid

Russians, Nazis, Jews, and Gays, oh my! My dispatch from Budapest

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The enemy’s invincible, I hope you let it go. “Hope” by Vampire Weekend

Cowboy Carter played, I slid back and forth between the oven and my laptop resting on the marble island. I was roasting a chicken, sautéing spinach, and FaceTiming with my daughter in Los Angeles —…