I think Hillary Clinton will make a fine president, and (most important) I am comfortable with her making gigantic, momentous decisions.
GENE WEINGARTENMany put him in the second tier, below the big three and surrounded by Truman and Eisenhower. Kennedy moved our soul. Changed our thinking about service and governance. And won big in the greatest nuclear crisis of the Cold War.
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The odd thing is that Trump’s hand movements don’t seem to coordinate with the topic at hand. Most pols manage to make their hand movements correspond with the message, so a slash will accompany emphasis, etc.
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I think Trump is simply inept, incapable of rescuing himself.
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Shakespeare was such a splendid vulgarian.
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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.
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America is an incredibly polarized country politically. I think ANY Republican would start out with 42 percent of the vote.
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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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Many put him in the second tier, below the big three and surrounded by Truman and Eisenhower. Kennedy moved our soul. Changed our thinking about service and governance. And won big in the greatest nuclear crisis of the Cold War.
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It is not a coincidence that Donald Trump has attracted white supremacists.
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Making stuff up is the worst thing a journalist can do. Plagiarizing is the second worst.
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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.
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Donald Trump is a boor, and cannot stop being a boor.
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Donald Trump is an awful loser.
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I feel like no matter what happens in my career endeavors after today, going to grad school is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
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Being “Jewish” is way stronger culturally than it is religiously.
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When Trump says fake news, he means journalism that makes points with which he disagrees, usually about him.
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