“Prices spiked more during the Biden administration,” writes Annie Lowrey in the Atlantic, in the only post-election analysis that is worthy of your time, “than at any point since the early 1980s.”

Don’t over-think it. Don’t point fingers. And, don’t call people names.

Sometimes you lose. That’s what it means to live in a democracy. Losing takes time to walk-off, but the only thing that matters is getting right back in the game. The Democratic Party has an extraordinary generational opportunity before it to rebrand from the ground-up. It should take that seriously. Starting with, if I may, examining their coalition’s key fault line of overlooking 24% of the electorate, as astutely observed by Scott Galloway, in his No Mercy / No Malice newsletter endorsement of the vice president (prior to the election).

Today is Remembrance Day. Let’s remember that fighting for what you believe in means contesting every inch of ground, not throwing your hands up in preemptive surrender. There are many threats to democracy, but repeatedly saying that it’s already over is an insult to our forebears—who fought for every inch to get us here.

The president-elect has already named a chief of staff. Politico is among the first to offer a primer on the first woman to be appointed to the role. If you’re interested in the unique role this position plays in the administration, I highly recommend Chris Whipple’s excellent book, The Gatekeepers (2017).

Farewell, Quincy Jones. I liked Spencer Kornhaber’s tribute in the Atlantic most for this thought: “Jones used his talent and expertise to design a future we’re still catching up to.”