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May 18, 2025

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

Hungarian proverb, The Portable Curmudgeon, Jon Winokur, ed. (New York: 1987), p.8

Do you know the song “Happy Days Are Here Again”? If not, you can be forgiven; it was written in 1929. But no political tune has ever topped its upbeat quality

Nobody ever penned a lyric reading “Wise Times Are Here Again” (let alone setting it to music). Belief always trumps doubt, because happiness is its own reward, doubt a dark closet, for some too infrequently entered.


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