dinsdag 1 april 2025

dinsdag 1 april 2025 When autocrats fall from power, their people often outwardly repudiate them and banish their memory. From page 247 of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present.

Claudius the Cat is watching me read the last precious yet poignant sentences of my book. Let's heed these words from Russian protester Yegor Zhukov. Love is trust, empathy, humanity, mutual aid, and care. A society built on such love is a strong society -- probably the strongest of all possible societies.

Bike ride around the neighborhood. Big buds on the red maples.