"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they may be." VADM James Stockdale, USN
https://tldavis.substack.com/p/a-matter-of-economic-and-political
https://clevelandmarkblakemore.substack.com/p/the-great-good-you-can-do-in-civil