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was driving home on the Capital Beltway, our local road-rage and distracted-driving headquarters, when I caught the last few minutes of then prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s parting press conference. I realise it’s easy to fling civics lessons as you head out the door, but the way she talked about governing, and the most important qualities of those who practise it, was so alien to the American experience that I almost missed