I don’t know. My coworker just said that owls are a symbol of wisdom, and Athens (historically) is the center of wisdom.

Apparently “owls to Athens” is common across Europe? “Wood to the forest” is a variant in the US

Follow up, maybe someone should make a community to share the best of newspaper advices columns?

Slate has a pretty good one called Dear Prudence. I used to enjoy NYT The Ethicist but haven’t really read it frequently in years.

Cancer didn’t exist until the very modern age. Evolution is fake, a conspiracy. Jews are basically Christians who don’t know if Jesus is the savior or not. I could keep going.

Learning basic process and facts about government is step one.