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Read more: Stand outIn his book On Tyranny, Timothy Snyder lists “Stand out” as one of his 20 lessons from the 20th century. “Someone has to,” he explains.…
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Read more: The truth“To abandon facts is to abandon freedom,” says Timothy Snyder, a Yale historian and the author of On Tyranny. “If nothing is true, then no…
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Read more: Tell the truthTo abandon facts is to abandon freedom,” says Timothy Snyder, a Yale historian and the author of the book On Tyranny. “If nothing is true,…
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Read more: When love is the wayThe world needs a lot less pandemic and a lot more love. “When love is the way, poverty would become history,” says Episcopal Bishop Michael…
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Read more: Read a poem“To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June,” Sartre once said. And, it’s is lovely, too,…
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Read more: Unless someone cares a lotWhen my children were teenagers, they sometimes replied, “I don’t care.” “It’s important to care,” I would tell them. That’s why I like this quote—which…
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Read more: A new year of surprisesMay your new year be filled with happy surprises. As Thoreau once said, “Each new year is a surprise to us.”
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Read more: May your hope have feathersMay there be hope perching in your soul! May your hope have feathers so that it can be your companion during the next year. As…
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Read more: Where hope lies“The hope of the world lies in what one demands, not of others, but of oneself,” James Baldwin once said.
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Read more: After ChristmasChristmas is over. I am wearing a new sweater, and, despite all the chocolate and pie and mashed potatoes I ate, I can still squeeze…