Podium Elephant*

“You have to believe in facts. Without facts, there’s no basis for cooperation. If I say this is a podium and you say this is an elephant, it’s going to be hard for us to cooperate.” 

—Barack Obama, 44th U.S. president, in Nelson Mandela 100th birthday address, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 17, 2018. Full video here. Transcript here.  

 

• Editorial Comment: * . . . which would be a dumb name for a band.

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