Recent Notable Quote(s) 12-4-23

“In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.” 

Dick Van Dyke – noted “song and dance man” of another era who’s also enjoying the life of a nonagenarian

 “The single easiest thing that we could do to shore up our democracy is to regulate social media. Our information environment is increasingly toxic. It increasingly pushes out the most extreme material … perpetrating misinformation and disinformation … in ways that have increasingly led to societal ill effects.” 

Barbara Walter, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, University of California at San Diego – an expert in the cause of civil war among and author of a NYTimes bestseller,  How Civil Wars Start And How to Stop Them