In addition to the daily cryptoquote, today's crossword (by Stan "The Man" Newman), features a famous quote by Mark Twain:
20A: Start of a Mark Twain Quote (HISTORY DOES NOT).
38A: Part 2 of quote (REPEAT)
40A: Part 3 of quote (ITSELF)
58A: End of quote (BUT IT DOES RHYME).
I've always been a history buff, and lately, I've become interested in the history of my own city. Social media has made it easy to access old photos and other ephemera. I find it sad that only 20% of U.S. middle-school students (source: National Assessment of Educational Progress) are proficient in their knowledge of their own history. For example, most students knew who Abraham Lincoln was, but they didn't know why he was an important president. Many students do not know the three branches of our government and what their functions are. And these are our future voters? A knowledge of history is a must for our young people because they need to learn from lessons of the past.
And on that note, I leave you with the classic video of "History Never Repeats" by Split Enz.
Today's cryptoquote by Thomas Szasz is very simple and straightfoward:
"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."
Well, I was so tired that I turned in at 9:00 and missed "Project Runway." I heard that Oliver was "auf'd" Good! I'm glad he's gone . . . he did not like dressing people who didn't have perfect figures. Hello!?! About 60% of women in this country are size 12 and over!!
It's an all-museum weekend for us. Details to come!
Signing off,
The Puzzlechick
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