Mothers and Sons
What we learned from Penelope Hegseth’s email to her son Pete.

When I saw the video of Elon Musk striding into the Capitol last week, child slung across his shoulders, reminiscent of the way in which wealthy New York women used to flaunt the must-have-impossible-to-get accessory, their Birkin bags, it occurred to me that the sagas of parents and sons are a thing right now.
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