‘What is truth?’ said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer.
Francis Bacon
CNN: American recession fears collide with reality NPR: A year on, the Taliban savor victory New York Times: Six Weeks of “Hell”: Inside Russia’s Brutal Ukraine Detentions Wall Street Journal: Record Oil Profit Boosts Saudi Coffers Fox News: Trump says he ‘will do whatever’ he can to ‘help the country’ after FBI raid USA Today: Chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal continues to haunt Biden presidency AP News: Iran denies involvement but justifies Salmon Rushdie attack Twitter feed @POTUS: Since the start of my presidency, my economic plan has helped create 9.5 million jobs, reach a 50-year record low unemployment rate, and achieve zero percent inflation in July. ————— My dear Socrates, The unexamined life may not be worth living, (although I prefer making bread) but the wider world may not be worth examining. At least not too closely. Having gained no wisdom of my own I am left with little but what passes for wisdom from another revered dead white man: “Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. …ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.” Or, at least, Since clarity never rules such lists And the world oft leaves me alarmed Then, indeed, ignorance is bliss And ‘tis folly to be informed.