In American politics, we tend to confuse noise with strength. The more a politician shouts, the more “authentic” they seem. The more they sneer, the more “tough” they are. It is a system designed to reward the loudest gladiator, not the most thoughtful leader. And yet, every so often, someone appears who doesn’t play by those rules — who advances not by exploiting our divisions, but by pointing toward a larger moral horizon. Wes Moore, the first-term governor of Maryland, may be such a figure.

Moore’s appeal begins not with policy but with formation. His childhood was fractured early by the sudden death of his father, a loss that might have led him into despair or self-destruction. Instead, it forced him to grapple with questions of fate, responsibility and grace at a much earlier age tha

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