Humor and Humanity - by N.S. Lyons - The Upheaval
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On the power and grace of laughter in trying times
“Rhetoricians at the Window,” Jan Havickszoon Steen (c. 1658) “Laughter is a human thing, a virtue belonging only to humanity and God, that perhaps God gave to humans as consolation for having made them intelligent.” – Marcel Pagnol “The grins of the people are the nightmares of dictators.” – Liu Xiaobo I mentioned in “Why Inquire?” that one thing I’d like to do for subscribers is to go beyond my admittedly rather dour analysis of our general global upheaval and offer up some potentially more positive thoughts on living through turbulent and dehumanizing times. Click to listen to a…
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