I rarely feel connected to politicians, regardless of their party or platform. Like the blue-collar people I grew up with, I just don't trust 'em.
Aside from my shaved head and passion for criminal justice reform, I felt no kinship with U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, either — even though I voted for him — until recently, when I learned he had been hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center for severe depression.
The buzz now is whether Fetterman will continue as a newly elected senator. That's his decision, and he has time to make it. No one should try to push, pressure or persuade him to resign. Nor should Gov. Josh Shapiro cheer him into an expected return to the Senate — that's pressure, too. Few people have a clue about what John Fetterman is feeling now but, whatever he decides, depression doesn't have to stop or kill him.
