Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the power of words that act as chameleons, serving both truth or lies, democracy or fascism and which voters must navigate in the November 2026 election.

Two days after the November election, I sat down at a round table where people gathered for coffee at my retirement center. As I slid into a chair, I noticed the glum faces about me.  Knowing the crowd, I understood the source of their discontent and muttered that after 163 years, th