He likes to visit Middle America, likes to investigate and report back to the coasts. Their churches and their supermarket smiles. Their canned corn, which travels thousands of miles before returning to the land that produced it. Their American flags in the yards, their minivans and Christian schools. The roads, the unwalkability, their hard and friendly R's. Sweet gas station clerks. The faith and anger and geometry. Moses only understands contemporary politics when he's in the Midwest.