Lyric of the week: “You’ve got the music in you Don’t let go, you’ve got the music in you Once dance left, this world is gonna pull through Don’t give up, you’ve got a reason to live Can’t forget, we only get what we give” – “You Get What You Give” by The New Radicals …

Quotes of the week: “In a world where freedom, not tyranny, is on the march, the cynical calculus of pure power politics simply does not compute.” – President Bill Clinton, 1992 “It is clear, absolutely clear … that this is a battle between the utility of democracies in the 21st century and autocracies.” – President …

“The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.” – Richard Powers, The Overstory “Life has a way of talking to the future. It’s called memory.” – Richard Powers, The Overstory Washington and Moscow have agreed to a resumption of dialogue under …