Our democracy cannot survive its current downward drift into tribalism, extremism, and seething resentment. - Bill Clinton

fascinating discussion of the…cyclical nature of history. Mankind is predictable. Governments mistreat people — their own people and others. They always have, and they always will. So the people react. There is action and reaction. This is how history has progressed and how it always will.

Her close-cropped hair is now completely gray. Her eyes are probing but kind.

Savagery in the quest for power is older than the Bible, but some of my opponents really hate my guts.