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Selling Confidence

To my ears, Trump is an inarticulate ignoramus with a heavy dose of meglomania. In a prior post, I linked to John McWhorter‘s analysis of Trump’s speech patterns. These YouTube clips summarize his conclusions: McWhorter elaborates in The Atlantic and concludes that Trump is a walking “hot mike” with no sensible filter. I agree. ButContinue reading “Selling Confidence”

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Pineapple Cheese

Goshen, Connecticut was a rather small settlement throughout the 18th century, but in the early years of the 19th century the population expanded. The center of town developed around the “new” turnpikes from Litchfield to Canaan (1799), from Goshen to Sharon (1802) and from Litchfield to Cornwall (1814), which made Goshen a commercial crossroads. Although there were several stores in theContinue reading “Pineapple Cheese”