Monday; February 16
Happy Presidents Day, 2026! Actually, the official name at the federal level is still Washington’s Birthday, but through the years (and to streamline some holidays) many states now honor Presidents Day. Now, while you can pick and choose which president you’d like to honor today, I will stick with first president for our quote of the day. Even though the story of Washington chopping down the cherry tree and responding with, “I cannot tell a lie …” has pretty much been relegated to a fable, George Washington is closely associated with telling the truth. Interestingly, I came across a quote attributed to him that advocates, “Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.”. Interestingly, we live in an era where truth is taking a terrible beating, so how can we help truth prevail? I think there are a few ways: Tell the truth . Before we cast stones at anyone else’s lack of veracity, we need to make sure that we are being h...