Thoughts in the Presence of Fear


…the substitution of rhetoric for thought, always a temptation in a national crisis, must be resisted by officials and citizens alike.

Wendell Berry
Thoughts in the Presence of Fear

An important essay - that is even timelier today than when it was written...you can read here…

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/214/

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