Destroying is easy. Rebuilding is hard

Deborah Dakin

Oct. 3, 2025 6:00 am

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I find myself pondering this old saying pretty much every day when I read or hear the news:

"The definition of a fool is a person who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing."

Deborah Dakin

Mount Vernon

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