Truths and inspirations for 20 July 2026

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I don't think I've gone through a day without some book-reading in years.

It's amazing that this is even an issue, but there are genuinely people out there who get shocked and baffled at the very concept of someone having opinions which conflict with their own.

I think this is a bigger factor than people want to acknowledge.  Have you ever had to publicly admit you were wrong about a deeply-held belief?  It's damned unpleasant.  People will do almost anything rather than that.

Official inflation figures are a joke.  They're calculated in ways that don't reflect price changes in the common things ordinary people regularly buy.  Pointing to those official figures to "prove" the economy is good doesn't fool voters, it infuriates them.  This was true under Biden and it's true under Trump.

If a man's "worst day" includes raping a child, then yes, he absolutely should be judged on that.  If Walz actually said this, he's nuts.

And they never will, unless they can contrive some way of using it to make Israel look bad.

Just let them play their damn games and stop trying to make people wear things that take sides on political or social causes.