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“Ignorance or stupidity”? Or both?

As Harper’s Weekly Review indicates, the U.S. president has subsided, as always, into projection when making remarks about that peace with Iran thing. What is he projecting now? The U.S. president called for all parties to cease their warring and … Continue reading

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Want to shake up MAGA cultists? Ask them one question

“Were you abused verbally and/or physically when you were a kid?” How did I come to this question? Back in the 70’s when, for reasons I’m not now sure of, I was reading a lot of psychopathology tomes, I got … Continue reading

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Frank sentences to be etched in granite…and then gilded

The “Frank” is Frank Bruni, long-time NYT columnist. Yesterday, the title of his column, “The Vanity and Inanity of the Trump White House,” drew me right in, because of the language. I’m a sucker for good phrases and stuff like … Continue reading

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