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What cure is there for human stupidity?

What cure is there for human stupidity?

An evergreen letter of note

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Shaun Usher
Jul 27, 2025
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Majorie Kinnan Rawlings at her Florida home. (Photo: Getty)

Every now and then I’ll come across a letter that feels startlingly current, as though its author, despite being long gone, has somehow managed to write directly into the present. Of course, it’s simply a reminder that the human race has always wrestled with the same fears and frustrations, and …

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