For Americans approaching a divisive election year, Presidents Day can be particularly instructive, writes the Deseret News Editorial Board. That is especially true considering the examples set by the two men whose birthdays fall in this month: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

A simple comparison between their leadership and today’s political atmosphere can serve as a gut check for the republic. Their examples pertain not only to those who are aiming for the White House, but to candidates for any elected office in the land.

One word in particular emerges from any serious study of the two men: humility.

For Jessica, ‘be a little too kind’ means cooking for her homies

During the pandemic, everyone found their own way through. For Jessica Lowe, that meant bingeing cooking shows.

It wasn’t that she loved to cook. Making dinner every night for her family of seven wasn’t exactly her idea of nirvana.

In the fall of 2021, with the pandemic fading, she signed up for a three-month course at the Park City Culinary Institute in South Salt Lake.

Little realizing she was about to turn herself into a fixture in the Salt Lake homeless scene.

Read more about how Jessica feeds over 100 people every Thursday, through the nonprofit she started: Be A Little Too Kind.

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