“For the truth to some is no longer empirical. It’s no longer based on data, nor common sense, nor even common decency … telling the truth is no longer the benchmark for public service. It’s no longer the salve to our fears, or the guide to our actions. Truth is now considered malleable, by opinion and by zero-sum endgames.”

“The responsibility is yours. Ours. The effort is optional. But the truth, the truth is sacred. Unalterable. Chiseled into the stone and the foundation of our republic.”

Has Hanks met, or read a few news snippets, about President Biden? …

Hanks didn’t have to lend his good name to the Biden campaign last year. And he’s right to promote truth at a time when too many leaders lie, distort and smear.

If Harvard graduates are to take him at his word, he should apologize for aiding and abetting the Liar in Chief.

[And the Associated Press keeps promoting that story while continuing to lie about a “book ban” in Florida supposedly targeting Amanda Gorman’s poetry. I may have more on that later. — Ed]