Insight: “The whole drift of our law is toward the absolute prohibition of all ideas that diverge in the slightest form from the accepted platitudes, and behind that drift of law there is a far more potent force of growing custom, and under that custom there is a natural philosophy which erects conformity into the noblest of virtues and the free functioning of personality into a capital crime against society.” —H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

Wandering minds want to know: “Bob Woodward had my quotes for many months. If he thought they were so bad or dangerous, why didn’t he immediately report them in an effort to save lives? Didn’t he have an obligation to do so?” —Donald Trump

For the record: “I didn’t get any sense that [Trump] was distorting anything. I mean, in my discussions with him, they were always straightforward about the concerns that we had.” —Dr. Anthony Fauci

The BIG Lie: “If Donald Trump had acted just two weeks earlier, 54,000 lives could have been spared in March and April alone. Instead, he downplayed the threat and refused to take action — costing lives and sending our economy into a tailspin. It’s an unjustifiable dereliction of duty.” —Joe Biden

Alpha jackass: “Let’s talk about what this really is. This is a kind of homicidal negligence. Thousands and thousands and thousands of people have lost their lives because the president put his own reelection interests … in front of the safety, health, and well-being of the people of the United States. We’ve never had a president who’s done anything like this before.” —Carl Bernstein

Village idiot: “I hate it when random people say athletes shouldn’t be involved with politics and just entertain. Firstly, this is a human rights issue. Secondly, what gives you more right to speak than me?” —sports announcer Naomi Osaka (Because we don’t tune into sports because we want to hear your regurgitation of BLM Kool-Aid.)

Non compos mentis: “The pandemic is only demonstrating what we all know: that millennia of patriarchy have resulted in a male-dominated world with a male-dominated culture which damages everyone — women, men, girls, and boys.” —UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

And last… “Biden, to me, is like having a flashlight with a dying battery and going for a long hike in the woods.” —Joe Rogan