These women confronted thugs and dictators. Can we?

Plus: The deep freeze in Texas, Biden's town hall and reader pushback. 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My heart sank when I saw the thugs surround two frail women and menace them. But the women, sisters named Minna and Amal, stood their ground. I stepped forward to interview the women and also the thugs, and asked Minna and Amal why they risked so much to seek political rights. “We need democracy in Egypt,” Amal said simply. “We just want what you have.” I often think of the quiet, indomitable courage of those sisters. There are so many like Minna and Amal who risk beatings, torture, rape and murder to stand up for democracy — and I keep wondering why we Americans, with nothing to lose, too often over the years have been unwilling to do the same. [My column today](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMi8xNy9vcGluaW9uL3NhdWRpLWFyYWJpYS1iaWRlbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMjE4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjI1Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODUwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) argues that under President Biden we’re now taking a step in that direction — in particular regarding Saudi Arabia. [Please read](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMi8xNy9vcGluaW9uL3NhdWRpLWFyYWJpYS1iaWRlbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMjE4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjI1Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODUwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg3JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIxMDIxOFcDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg5JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIxMDIxOFcDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIxMDIxOFcDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Responding to Reader Pushback I had some thoughtful pushback after [my last column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMi8xMy9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS93b3JraW5nLWNsYXNzLWRpZ25pdHkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIxMDIxOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNzIyNSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MTg1MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYC1Pti1gX7nL5VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) about my late friend Mike Stepp and the fate more broadly of the American working class. Let me try to address some critical threads: You said that both political parties had betrayed Mike, but let’s be real. The Democratic Party fought for workers, while the Republican Party fought for tax cuts for the rich. There’s no comparison. There’s something to what you say, but I don’t think that acknowledges the degree to which both parties scorned members of the working class and did little to help them, whether they were white, Black or brown. The Clinton administration hugely benefited investment bankers, while ending traditional welfare. The Obama administration rescued Wall Street and let 10 million people lose their homes. I agree that the Republican Party was even less helpful, but workers lost ground under both parties. And there’s an unhelpful and vocal contempt among many liberals for white working class voters who supported President Trump. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIxMDIxOFcDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA5JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIxMDIxOFcDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODEwJmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIxMDIxOFcDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ I also think, frankly, that there’s something to be said for modeling reflection and introspection. If Democrats want Republicans to rethink these issues, it doesn’t help to point fingers but rather to acknowledge one’s own failures. You call for government programs to help people like Mike, but fundamentally what brought him down was a dysfunctional family and his own abuse of alcohol and drugs. A government can’t save people from themselves. Actually, it can. Drug and alcohol treatment programs don’t work all that well, but they certainly work better than nothing — and it’s appalling that only about one in five Americans with dependency problems gets treatment. Likewise, what breaks up families and increases the risk of substance abuse? In part it’s the loss of good jobs. We as a country invested in incarcerating Mike; we would have been better off investing to ensure that he completed high school, that he had a job skill, that he got off drugs. These programs don’t work perfectly, but they do help. You talked about measures to help the working class, such as early childhood programs, but you didn’t mention the most obvious thing that would help a homeless person like Mike: housing. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk1JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIxMDIxOFcDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk2JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIxMDIxOFcDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIxMDIxOFcDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ We do need housing programs, but there’s no one silver bullet. We need an easing of single-family zoning, more vouchers, programs like [Moving to Opportunity](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0TEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaHVkLmdvdi9wcm9ncmFtZGVzY3JpcHRpb24vbXRvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMjE4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjI1Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODUwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), mental health and addiction treatment, job training and other initiatives that lift wages — as well as programs to increase the supply of low-cost housing. It’s not an instrument that we need, but an orchestra. Why do you blame the poor spotted owl? It wasn’t just the owl that cost jobs. Yes, and that’s why I emphasized that the owl was a scapegoat and a symbol of something larger. Logging of old growth forests was unsustainable and would have ended anyway. Unions in the industry were declining. Logs were being exported. Mechanization was taking jobs. But all that said, the environmental movement in the Pacific Northwest used the threatened status of the spotted owl to halt logging, and liberals showed more concern for owls than the loggers. At one meeting, a Sierra Club official in Washington State actually opposed the idea of job retraining for loggers. That’s my point: not that the owl was to blame, but that we all should have shown as much concern for loggers and logging communities as we did for owls. Biden’s Best Quote From His CNN Town Hall “For four years, all that’s been in the news is Trump. The next four years, I want to make sure all the news is the American people. [I am tired of talking about Trump.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25uLmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy9saXZlLW5ld3Mvam9lLWJpZGVuLXRvd24taGFsbC0wMi0xNi0yMS9pbmRleC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMjE4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjI1Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODUwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)” America in the Deep Freeze Much of Texas seems in desperate shape as the electrical grid fails just when it’s needed most during a freeze, with more cold weather coming. A couple of points. First, it’s strange to say so, but it’s “global warming” that is causing the Texas freeze. That’s because warming temperatures disrupted the polar vortex and sent weather systems from the Arctic plunging much further south than is common. That’s one reason “climate change” is a better phrase than “global warming.” Second, this should be a reminder that we need major investments in infrastructure, including in the grid. The American Society of Civil Engineers grades America’s infrastructure [as a D+](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0TTaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5mcmFzdHJ1Y3R1cmVyZXBvcnRjYXJkLm9yZy9hbWVyaWNhcy1ncmFkZXMvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMjE4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjI1Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODUwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), and we should invest in it for the long-term good of the country. Eisenhower’s investments in the interstate highway system are still paying off, and infrastructure maintenance and improvements will likewise boost productivity — as well as keep the power on. What I’m Reading I absolutely loved Kristin Hannah’s novel “The Nightingale,” so I just read her latest, [“The Four Winds,”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly9rcmlzdGluaGFubmFoLmNvbS9ib29rcy90aGUtZm91ci13aW5kcy8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTAyMTgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjcyMjUmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTE4NTAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmAtT7YtYF-5y-VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) about a woman’s tribulations during the Great Depression. It’s a bit like John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, but I enjoyed it without falling in love with it. So maybe turn to [“The Nightingale”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0TKaHR0cHM6Ly9rcmlzdGluaGFubmFoLmNvbS9ib29rcy90aGUtbmlnaHRpbmdhbGUvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMjE4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjI1Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODUwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) instead, or even to that marvelous [“Grapes of Wrath.”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP4QYAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBlbmd1aW5yYW5kb21ob3VzZS5jb20vYm9va3MvMzU0Nzk1L3RoZS1ncmFwZXMtb2Ytd3JhdGgtYnktam9obi1zdGVpbmJlY2staW50cm9kdWN0aW9uLWFuZC1ub3Rlcy1ieS1yb2JlcnQtZGVtb3R0Lz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIxMDIxOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNzIyNSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MTg1MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYC1Pti1gX7nL5VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Finding a Way Forward With Saudi Arabia I’ve been inspired by many Saudis. My friend Jamal Khashoggi was a courageous journalist, until he was murdered and dismembered by a Saudi hit team. A number of activists, of whom Loujain al-Hathloul is the most famous, have shown enormous courage in braving torture and prison to advance women’s rights. Yet the U.S. has sided not with them but with their oppressor, the crown prince. Saudi relations will be a test of a way forward for President Biden. I’m not arguing for some squishy sentimentality in which human rights are the only thing that matters. But [my column does argue](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiEDtPP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMi8xNy9vcGluaW9uL3NhdWRpLWFyYWJpYS1iaWRlbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjEwMjE4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjI1Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODUwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLU-2LWBfucvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) that betting just on military power and dictator pals is a failed strategy in the long run. We have interests, sure, but we also have values. If women like Minna and Amal in Cairo, or Loujain in Saudi Arabia, can speak up, so can we. 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