The January 6 Committee and Me: Why I'm testifying before Congress today

In America, we once thought of political courage as being willing to do something at one’s own expense. 

At the pointy end of that consideration are instances when people risk their lives or freedom to do the right thing. The men and women rotting in Vladimir Putin’s jails or dead by his order are proof that history will never exhaust its demand for political courage.

Here, thankfully, we have in recent decades mostly thought of political courage in terms of electoral risks:  Gerald Ford taking the hit for pardoning Richard...