My parents doing their daily crossword puzzle.

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An interesting analysis of Trump’s rhetorical strategy.

In the Washington Post, Greg Sargent analyzes a pattern in Trump’s very effective rhetoric. As you’ll recall, after Trump made his “animals” comment, his defenders — and Trump himself — erupted in anger at news organizations that had not explained that it had come amid a discussion of MS-13 members. It’s not clear from the…

Weaponizing Empathy: You reacted to the outrageous claim that I crafted specifically to outrage you. But I was just kidding. Now you know how I feel when you do rhetoric on me. (Or something.)

NRATV host Collins Idehen Jr (who goes by the name Colion Noir) made what appeared to be a serious call for legislation to restrict the First Amendment — then said he wanted people who were horrified by that call to know “That’s the same feeling gun owners get when they hear people say the same…

Drawing of Once on This Island by the amazing Rebecca Scassellati.

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I think they mean typeface conference, but “Font Conference” is still amusing.

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I had to act like I knew something about golf. There I am on the right at about :15.

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How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive

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Chess tournament.

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Context matters. Trump called MS-13 gang members “animals,” but critics say he was talking about immigrants generally

There are many, many legitimate, evidence-supported critiques that people can make about Donald Trump. Taking a quote out of context  is not a legitimate, evidence-supported critique. I was furious at what I thought Trump said, too, until I looked into the context (C-SPAN). In a sound-bite world, a wise politician would be more careful, but…

“Waiting for Life” (Once on This Island)

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We're enjoying the intensity and also the (surprisingly appropriate) humor.

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Hamlet!

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My outward-bound editor's graduation cap.

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