The habit of always putting off an experience until you can afford it, or until the time is right, or until you know how to do it is one of the greatest burglars of joy. Be deliberate, but once you’ve made up your mind–jump in.
- Charles R. Swindoll -
Well, it's happening...
‘Enemy of the people’: Almost half of Republicans say Trump should be allowed to close media outlets
President Trump’s attacks on the media, whom he dubbed “enemies of the people,” have struck a chord with supporters. A new poll found that 43 percent of Republicans want to give him the power to shut down certain news outlets.
I'm taking a break from Outside the Asylum this week, but it'll be back next week with an essay on what currently stops us from creating a new politics. It's good to figure out what's in your way before you drive through it:
When we forget that politics is about weaving a fabric of compassion and justice on which everyone can depend, the first to suffer are the most vulnerable among us—our children, our elderly, our mentally ill, our poor, and our homeless. As they suffer, so does the integrity of our democracy. —Parker Palmer
August 6 is the 218th day of the year; as well as Pungenday, Confusion 72, 3184 YOLD to discordians.
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and it is also Boomtime, Confusion 71, 3184 YOLD
(for you Discordians out there)
World History this day
