It is about 5:10pm on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, as I’m writing this. I’m listening to and watching a live-stream from a WUSA9 team, which is positioned on the north side of the capital building. Law enforcement officers—I’m not sure exactly who—have started pushing back the crowd around those doors of the capitol building and … Continue reading 1861, 2021: The Sound of Conflict, The Voice of Birds