The Power of the Pen over "the poison in the pot" By Note: Republished from May 12, 2021 "Proclaim liberty throughout the Land . . [but] When a pundit makes a prediction, and it doesn't come to pass, the prophet has spoken presumptuously. So don't listen to him anymore." Moses (1300s BC) "Happy are the people who don't take the advice of the ungodly. They shall be like trees planted by the riverside, and their leaves shall not whither." David (1000s BC) "Men may commit theft as well as adultery with the eye." Xenocrates (339 BC)) "Once you let go of liberty, you won't easily get it back." Plautus (200 BC)