Opinion American imagination needs an adrenaline shot. Here’s how I’ll deliver it.

Contributing columnist
January 29, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST
(Washington Post staff)
5 min

Here’s a novel response to our uneasy moment: Let’s spend less time opining about who’s right and who’s wrong and more time imagining what’s possible.

Over the next year, in a column for Post Opinions we’re calling “Why Not?,” I will try to do just that. In each installment, I’ll offer a single idea — bold, surprising, maybe a bit jarring — for improving our country, our organizations or our lives.