Surprised to find this image in Brain Picking's note about George Orwell's essays [https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/06/25/george-orwell-why-i-write/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brainpickings%2Frss+%28Brain+Pickings%29] . As early as 1946, seems he had clear…
Thinking of a time when Walter Cronkite ended his newscasts by noting how many days American hostages had been held. Might it not be a more useful indicator of the health of our country of we ended newscasts not with the day's Dow Jones Industrial Averages but by…
> Former Chinese official/diplomat met with today said, "Every country thinks America has gone crazy. We benefit by doing nothing, other than appearing sane." — Micah Zenko (@MicahZenko) June 22, 2018 [https://twitter.com/MicahZenko/status/1010174796355825664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…
> Use follows need. https://t.co/bV0CEd8Fqt — John Kelly (@mashedradish) April 13, 2018 [https://twitter.com/mashedradish/status/984820467860168705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] leads to > People are using the word 'kakistocracy' more than they used to. pic.twitter.com/Q7pgKcbytW [https://t.co/Q7pgKcbytW] — Katherine Connor…
> Just stopped cold by terrific explanation in our 5th grader’s English textbook on the relationship between reading and freedom: pic.twitter.com/4KrRBApdEA [https://t.co/4KrRBApdEA] — Scott Simon (@nprscottsimon) February 5, 2018 [https://twitter.com/nprscottsimon/status/960628792933920769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…
> A screenshot from a book I wrote almost 30 years ago — and whose subtitle, no joke, was “Making America Great Again.” Main title: More Like Us. h/t @laszlo_toth_jr [https://twitter.com/laszlo_toth_jr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] (Pls read at least this page!) pic.twitter.…
> “The remembrance of my country spoils my walk.” —Thoreau — Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) November 17, 2017 [https://twitter.com/austinkleon/status/931605993053675526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Ahead of his time.…
> This was Rand Paul while running for President. Last night, he and every Republican voted against waiting 3 more days before passing the tax bill. https://t.co/rYwu0ciC3O — Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) December 2, 2017 [https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/937051574286856192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > "We should…