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Posted on March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”—Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary & politician, 1870-1924

Posted on March 21, 2026

“In the arts of peace Man is a bungler.”—George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, 1856-1950

Posted on March 20, 2026

“Things do not change; we change.”—Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, 1817-1862

Posted on March 19, 2026March 19, 2026

“You’re not really famous until you’re a Pez dispenser.”—Carrie Fisher, American actress & author, 1956–2016

Posted on March 5, 2026March 4, 2026

“The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher & poet, 1803-1882

Posted on February 20, 2026March 2, 2026

“DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender” (abusers’ psychological manipulation strategy; gaslighting)—Jennifer Freyd, PhD; American psychologist; 1957-

Posted on January 19, 2026January 19, 2026

“Courage is the ability to suspend the imagination.”—Tim Dorsey (paraphrasing Ernest Hemingway), American novelist, 1961-2023

Posted on January 16, 2026

“Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

Posted on January 14, 2026

“Being president doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are.”—Michelle Obama, attorney and U.S. First lady, 1964–

Posted on January 11, 2026January 11, 2026

“As the heirs (of revolutionists and rebels), we may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”—Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. President, 1890-1969

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