Our Peril

“Look, we’re in an existential moment now. We are at peril and at risk if we don’t know the difference between truth and lies. Truth and lies are the only things that separate us from democracy and dictatorship. And we have to know. We have to know.”

—Christiane Amanpour, CNN chief international correspondent, South by Southwest interview, Record Decode, Vox.com, March 2018. (Thanks to alert WORDster Carol Wiebe)

• Editorial Comment: We know.

PeezPix

“You will find something more in woods than in books.” –Saint Bernard
 

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