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John Hood
Hood is president of the John William Pope Foundation, a North Carolina-based grantmaker. His latest book is Mountain Folk (Defiance Press, 2021).
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John Hood
| Apr 18, 2022
With inflation, crime, and social discord surging at home and tyrannies such as China and Russia resurgent abroad, Americans face tremendous challenges. Recent polls show we’re dissatisfied with our country’s present and worried about its future. We have good reason…
“You are a prize bigot and un-American idiot. TAKE ME OFF YOUR VILE MAILING LIST NOW!!!” If you write or talk about politically charged issues for a living, you get angry calls, letters, and emails. They’re par for the course….