Book excerpt: “Go and Do Likewise” by Andy Beshear

Updated on: September 18, 2026 / 4:33 PM EDT / CBS News

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In "Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country" (to be published Tuesday by St. Martin's Press), Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, writes about how the language of faith, which he believes has been co-opted by some politicians, can be used to bridge the nation's partisan divide – and how the parable of the Good Samaritan can be viewed as an instruction to show kindness, not cruelty, to one another.

Read an excerpt below, and don't miss Robert Costa's interview with Andy Beshear on "CBS Sunday Morning" September 20!

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Like almost any guy who came of age in the '80s and '90s, I watched the Indiana Jones movies. The movies are mostly fun adventure stories, but every once in a while, you can find a life lesson. Looking back at it now, I think of a classic scene in the third movie, "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," that to me offers a true understanding of the meaning of faith.

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