Mary Katharine Ham

A practical thing is to get out of bed every day and go outside if you can. Get moving a little bit. That's really hard to do, especially if you actually become clinically depressed, but it can change your state of mind.

There's always going to be sadness, and that's O.K., but I didn't want it to take over.

My kids are awesome.

The way that social media is structured, you get a payout for high emotion, for clickability. And your 40-point tax plan is not emotional or clickable.

After college, I covered news for a couple of years. There were things I loved and hated about it. I loved hard deadlines, watching sports for a living, writing every day, learning all about a new town, meeting its people and learning its quirks.

I loved being just one of 11 newspaper majors at my college, immersing myself in the age-old art of news-gathering.

You're not obligated to date and marry somebody who you fundamentally disagree with... but I do think opening yourself up to the idea that people who believe different things can enrich your life can make you better at communicating.

I grew up with all liberals, so I have a huge number of friends across the spectrum.

I have a very serious contrarian streak.

The Prince of Egypt' was lauded for its voice acting, and with good reason. The cast is a bunch of A-listers in their prime in the '90s.

Obviously, if you're looking for stories of suffering and sacrifice that end with the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises, start with the Bible.

I'll take any opportunity to make costumes for my daughters and me, and it makes Halloween a weeklong bonanza of multiple costumes, and my house an explosion of arts and crafts.

I have my share of criticisms of Trump and have been clear about them, but the gap between the coverage of what might be in the Mueller report and what actually appears to be in Mueller's conclusions after a two-year investigation is not just good news for Trump, but great news for the country.

I am a very social person, but not a planner.

I loved newspapers. I loved the dusky marks on my fingers that proved I had spent the morning educating myself.

A lot of animated films aim to be entertaining for both adults and kids, tossing in sly jokes for the parents in the crowd. Pixar is famous for this. 'The Prince of Egypt' feels more like an animated film for adults that children will also enjoy.

I actually think I've adjusted to Trump's presidency better than a lot of people. I'd been living in weirdo land for a year before he won.

It was a long-cultivated brand of school funding and alignment with teachers unions that earned Democrats' trust on the issue of education.

The high academic and social costs of remote learning and closed schools are now indisputable, but there was also a political cost. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia capitalized on it by appealing to frustrated parents in 2021.

Calm, censorious mobs are still censorious mobs.