Hooray for Hollywood: Kudos to Matthew McConaughey for using fame to push progress

Matthew McConaughey’s speech at the White House on Tuesday was strikingly different from the usual “Hollywood star lectures America” dribble: This was humble, moving and truly personal.

Uvalde is the actor’s hometown; it was the horror there that compelled him first to write for his local paper (reaching out to fellow Texans first) and then to accept the invite to speak to the nation.