truism

Parenthood - not to be confused with the 1989 Steven Martin family comedy film - mines the rich well of universal truisms around parenting, he notes, something that lends itself nicely to storytelling.

Your favorite truism about the power of history may apply here; mine comes courtesy of Salon contributor Mike Lofgren: “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat famous quotations.”

Let’s not insult Mamdani and his supporters with the truism that he has already won, because he hasn’t.

But it speaks resoundingly to a bottom-line truism of the sporting world.

Seeking some serenity with the dealmaker-in-chief upending decades-long understandings and agreements, Wall Street has found its zen in a truism: Trump will always back down before anything too horrible happens.