Jana Riess: Reading ‘Theo of Golden’ as resistance to Donald Trump

The story is unglamorous and simple, and somehow the utterly perfect antidote for the cruel zeitgeist of 2026 America.

(Courtesy image via RNS) "Theo of Golden" by Allen Levi.

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