USA. Caton, Georgia. January 3, 2021. Young Republicans applaud the arrival of Senate candidate Kelly Loeffler at a campaign event before the Georgia special election on January 5. This election is a reminder of how much our notion of hope can differ in this fractured United States. The parties have wildly different goals and rhetoric, with whatever common ground that remains barely visible. That we all harbor our individual hopes is a given. Do we retain hopes as a nation? I hope that goodness and restraint will triumph over chaos.