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We want to believe that the world is understandable and controllable and unthreatening, that if we follow the rules, we’ll be okay.

Gene Weingarten

International politics is not my strong suit. The older I get the less certain I am that I even HAVE a strong suit.
GENE WEINGARTEN

Certain Strong Suits
Donald Trump is an awful loser.
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Awful Loser Trump
Hillary Clinton rubs people the wrong way, for valid reasons.
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People Reason Way
I don’t think there is prejudice against atheists the same way there is prejudice against fat people. I don’t think people hate or contemn atheists; I think people feel sorry for atheists.
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Atheist Hate Sorry
I think Trump is simply inept, incapable of rescuing himself.
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Incapable Thinking Trump
I don’t see a point in advertising my marital status when men don’t. Completely ridiculous.
GENE WEINGARTEN

Advertising Men Ridiculous
It’s as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots.
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Order Sides Steak
Making stuff up is the worst thing a journalist can do. Plagiarizing is the second worst.
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Journalist Stuff Worst
When my daughter was a senior in high school, I remember noticing, almost in passing, that her friends were very cute. Which made me realize her friends’ fathers probably found Molly very cute.
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Cute Daughter Senior
On Twitter, people like me regularly get called “sore losers” by Trumpeters. It just makes me roll my eyes. This is not about winning and losing. We all lost, even them, they just don’t know it yet.
GENE WEINGARTEN

Eye Lose People Winning
When Trump says fake news, he means journalism that makes points with which he disagrees, usually about him.
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Fake Mean News
One of my favorite footnotes in the hypochondria book [The Hypochondriac’s Guide to Life. And Death.] was about the death of one of the King Charleses. He was essentially bled and vomited to death by his doctors. They also drilled holes in his head.
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Books Doctors Kings
The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it’s hard. If you think it’s not hard, you’re not doing it right.
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One Thing Thinking Writing
It is not a coincidence that Donald Trump has attracted white supremacists.
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Coincidence Trump White
But this does me no good because, being intelligent and sophisticated human beings, they are all contemptuous of Trump. They hate him. They find him…vulgar.
GENE WEINGARTEN

Contemptuous Sophisticated Vulgar
Donald Trump’s humor is hostile to a fault.
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Faults Hostile Trump

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