I still love Ken, ... He really means well. He put all his shots in the golf course project. It kind of blinded him.

it's neutral in people's mind. Every person I've ever met from Iowa had this neutral attitude toward it.

In a small town, there is a thin veil of anonymity,

It's a small town. People aren't friendly?

These exposed streets were the same everywhere, and the writer saw no truth in them. They were simply more visible in a small town.

That was an act I saw beyond anything that would happen in California, ... A white guy with everything at stake. That was an act of hope. It blew me away.