More Quotes
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David McCullough, historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author, who dedicated himself to documenting and popularizing American history and recently died at age 89. (All Author/Washington Post — August 8, 2022)
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Gretchen Gorham, the co-owner of a sandwich shop in Ketchum, Idaho, commenting on the failed tax increase proposal to fund affordable housing for workers in the resort town. Officials found that home prices rose more than 50 percent over the past two years, with the median reaching about $1.2 million. (New York Times – Aug. 5, 2022)
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeg, regarding a Transportation Department proposal that would require airlines to offer passengers a refund if their flight schedule was changed by three or more hours for domestic flights and at least six hours for an international one; refunds would also be required if the airline changed the passenger’s departure or arrival airport, added stops into the itinerary or caused a “significant downgrade” in flight experience through switching the type of plane. Consumer complaints with the department increased nearly sevenfold in 2020; 87 percent were about refunds. (Associated Press — Aug. 4, 2022)
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Alex Jones, admitting that the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre did, in fact, happen. Jones is currently on trial for allegedly defaming the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 mass shooting in Newton, Conn., by perpetuating false claims that the 2012 shooting didn’t happen and that no one died through his media company and website; the couple is seeking $150 million for defamation and emotional distress. Jones has claimed the lawsuit is an attack on his First Amendment rights. (Associated Press — Aug. 3, 2022)
