Day 1,380: stoop

America and its allies must resist the temptation to stoop to tactics that end up turning them into their autocratic opponents.

Can the West win over the rest?

Artwork of the day 
Man Stooping with Stick or Spade
Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1882; Haag / Den Haag / La Haye / The Hague, Netherlands
Style: Realism
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Private Collection

Word of the day 
stoop: to bend the top half of the body forward and down

Quote of the day
“Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.”
― William Wordsworth, The Excursion 1814