![]() Switching to politics here, right in the beginning of your book, you talk about how in the week between Dec. We can't be afraid to talk about that, like somehow that's a breach of etiquette or something. I say that about suicide and I also say that about the word "fascism" in the book. ![]() But that's obviously just superstition, and it really works in the other direction: To not talk about something is the risky thing, it's to endow it with more power and mystery than it should have. I think parents probably have an instinct that talking about it will somehow conjure it into existence or cast some kind of spell that will make it happen. ![]() Obviously I've asked myself a thousand questions since all of this happened, but the thing I probably most regret is not talking about the topic of suicide and not confronting it directly. But also, build a close social network to stay on top of the situation. But I will just say as a dad who's gone through this, that it's obviously important that each person who's facing a mental health struggle be in a therapeutic relationship with doctors and get whatever medication we have that might work. Well, I don't claim any particular medical expertise. You go into detail about his struggle with depression, writing, "Depression, it entered his life like a thief in the night and became an unremitting beast." What do you say to families out there where people are struggling with depression? The book is a love letter to your late son Tommy, who took his own life last December, and on some level a love letter to our democracy and what this nation stands for. Your book "Unthinkable" went straight to No. This conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Raskin here, or read our conversation below to hear Raskin discuss the "maddening and frustrating" fact that Trump has yet to be brought to justice. 6, shared his belief that the panel's upcoming public hearings could be the most important in American history, saying they will "certainly up there with the Watergate hearings." You can watch my "Salon Talks" with Rep. 6 attack as "legitimate political discourse." Raskin, who is a member of the House select committee investigating the events Jan. That has become even more obvious in recent weeks as Donald Trump suggested he would pardon the Capitol attackers if returned to office, and the Republican National Committee approved a resolution describing the Jan. That's also why we should all take heed of his words when he states point blank that today's Republican Party has launched a "fascist attack against the constitutional order." In his book, Raskin writes that the GOP is now "the party of Trump, authoritarianism, corruption, and insurrection." The fact that he's a former constitutional law professor likely contributes to that professorial nature. I have interviewed Raskin many times for my SiriusXM radio show, and he has always been a thoughtful, measured person when it comes to talking politics of the day. As Raskin discussed during our recent "Salon Talks" conversation, these two losses obviously are not equivalent - but in linking them on some level, Raskin is also sharing his deep love for America. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, opens his bestselling new book, " Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy" by sharing "two impossible traumas" he suffered in the same week: "the shattering death by suicide" of his 25-year-old son, and the insurrection at the U.S.
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